Table 1.
Models under consideration, written as special cases of equation (1). (a) The mortality variable and time-dependent explanatory variables for the different model types. (b) Model subtypes, including differing subsets of the explanatory variables.
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| (a) | Model type | Mortality measure (Mit) | State economy (Uit) | National economy (Nt) | Age structure (Ait) | Fixed effect (ϕi) | Linear trend (ψit) |
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| B (Basic) | log mit | uit | nt | ait | yes | no | |
| L (Linear) | log mit | uit | nt | ait | yes | yes | |
| D (Difference) | Δ log mit | Δuit | Δnt | Δait | no | no | |
| HPλ (HP-detrended) | Hλ (log mit) | Hλ(uit) | Hλ(nt) | Hλ(ait) | no | no | |
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| (b) | Model subtype | State economy | National economy | Year effects |
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| 1 | yes | no | yes | |
| 2 | yes | no | no | |
| 3 | no | yes | no | |
| 4 | yes | yes | no | |
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