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

Table 5. Age trims with the lowest median relative error in the simulations with and without age heaping.

Order Without Age Heaping Age Heaping, 5% Age Heaping, 10% Age Heaping, 20%
Age Trim MRE Age Trim MRE Age Trim MRE Age Trim MRE
GGB
1 45–70 0.0636 45–70 0.063669 45–70 0.063545 45–70 0.063616
2 50–70 0.0639 50–70 0.063898 50–70 0.063869 50–70 0.063791
3 45–65 0.0643 40–70 0.064349 40–70 0.06443 40–70 0.064564
4 40–70 0.0644 45–65 0.064403 45–65 0.064606 45–65 0.064766
5 35–70 0.0662 40–75 0.066096 40–75 0.065963 40–75 0.065847
SEG
1 60–80 0.0809 60–80 0.080823 60–80 0.080716 60–80 0.080609
2 55–80 0.0869 55–80 0.086894 55–80 0.086842 55–80 0.08681
3 55–75 0.0917 55–75 0.09171 55–75 0.091671 55–75 0.09179
4 50–80 0.0938 50–80 0.093813 50–80 0.093839 50–80 0.093951
5 50–75 0.0991 50–75 0.09913 50–75 0.099233 50–75 0.099424
GGBSEG
1 60–80 0.0820 60–80 0.081414 60–80 0.080588 60–80 0.07941
2 55–80 0.0846 55–80 0.083923 55–80 0.083185 55–80 0.081934
3 55–75 0.0847 55–75 0.083988 55–75 0.083194 55–75 0.082023
4 50–80 0.0881 50–80 0.087424 50–80 0.086628 50–80 0.085277
5 50–75 0.0888 50–75 0.088041 50–75 0.087206 50–75 0.085958