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. 2010 Apr 13;7(4):e1000262. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000262

Table 4. Median relative error and rank for the top five and worst five of 78 possible age trims of GGB, SEG, and GGBSEG in the simulations, US counties, and high-income countries sorted by average rank.

Age Trim Simulations US Counties High-Income Countries Average
MRE Rank MRE Rank MRE Rank MRE Rank
GGB
40–70 0.0644 4 0.1086 24 0.02155 7 0.065 11.7
35–70 0.0662 5 0.1068 18 0.02255 13 0.065 12.0
25–75 0.0696 13 0.1006 13 0.02245 12 0.064 12.7
30–75 0.0678 10 0.1007 14 0.02318 14 0.064 12.7
35–75 0.0666 7 0.0989 11 0.02467 21 0.063 13.0
15–35 0.1274 66 0.4167 74 0.16579 78 0.237 72.7
20–40 0.1533 76 0.3773 72 0.13529 73 0.222 73.7
5–35 0.144 73 0.41 73 0.14786 77 0.234 74.3
5–25 0.2567 78 0.4365 76 0.11805 69 0.270 74.3
5–30 0.1875 77 0.4615 77 0.12809 72 0.259 75.3
SEG
55–80 0.0869 2 0.1057 2 0.01985 1 0.071 1.7
60–80 0.0809 1 0.0984 1 0.02128 4 0.067 2.0
55–75 0.0917 3 0.1105 3 0.02035 2 0.074 2.7
50–80 0.0938 4 0.1132 4 0.02131 5 0.076 4.3
45–80 0.1018 6 0.1224 6 0.02117 3 0.082 5.0
5–40 0.2993 74 0.2863 74 0.06559 74 0.217 74.0
5–35 0.3141 75 0.2926 75 0.0694 75 0.225 75.0
10–30 0.3147 76 0.2975 76 0.07101 76 0.228 76.0
5–30 0.329 77 0.3077 77 0.07851 77 0.238 77.0
5–25 0.3438 78 0.3263 78 0.0828 78 0.251 78.0
GGBSEG
50–70 0.0911 6 0.0917 5 0.03645 8 0.073 6.3
45–80 0.0926 7 0.0933 8 0.03588 5 0.074 6.7
45–70 0.0967 9 0.0911 4 0.03754 9 0.075 7.3
50–75 0.0888 5 0.0947 13 0.03562 4 0.073 7.3
45–75 0.0938 8 0.0934 9 0.03645 7 0.075 8.0
5–40 0.249 74 0.1866 74 0.09904 74 0.178 74.0
5–35 0.2647 76 0.2034 75 0.10833 75 0.192 75.3
10–30 0.2619 75 0.2101 76 0.11028 76 0.194 75.7
5–30 0.2806 77 0.2154 77 0.11491 77 0.204 77.0
5–25 0.296 78 0.2279 78 0.12469 78 0.216 78.0