Table 2.

Comparison between the true and the calculated age-specific incidence rates in the second example.

Age	True incidence	Calc. inc.	Rel. error (%)	Calc. inc.	Rel. error (%)
62.5	0.0026718	0.0026940	0.83	0.0026940	0.83
65.0	0.0035175	0.0035196	0.06	0.0035196	0.06
67.5	0.0046309	0.0046868	1.21	0.0046868	1.21
70.0	0.0060967	0.0062091	1.84	0.0062091	1.84
72.5	0.0080266	0.0081738	1.84	0.0081738	1.84
75.0	0.0105672	0.0107598	1.82	0.0107598	1.82
77.5	0.0139120	0.0141145	1.46	0.0141145	1.46
80.0	0.0183156	0.0186430	1.79	0.0186430	1.79
82.5	0.0241131	0.0244683	1.47	0.0244683	1.47
85.0	0.0317456	0.0318820	0.43	0.0318820	0.43
87.5	0.0417941	0.0414960	0.71	0.0414960	0.71
90.0	0.0550232	0.0537769	2.27	0.0537769	2.27
92.5	0.0724398	0.0693771	4.23	0.0739852	2.13
95.0	0.0953692	0.0889364	6.75	0.0951201	0.26
97.5	0.1255564	0.1134120	9.67	0.1215714	3.17

Assumed relative mortality .

Assumed relative mortality for and for