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Table 4 Goodness of fit of alternative dynamic mortality models

From: A simplified model for measuring longevity risk for life insurance products

Sex

Male

Female

Measure/Model

FM

LC

ILC

FM

LC

ILC

Num. of parameters

6

232

231

6

232

231

Country

Spain

 AIC

36046.63

46449.52

35022.78

33814.05

31863.87

32391.50

 BIC

36082.87

47838.52

36405.75

33850.29

33252.87

33774.47

 SSE

28.1986

46.9184

26.6321

44.6881

36.5730

42.1327

 MAE

0.0609

0.0739

0.0585

0.0741

0.0675

0.0706

 MAPE

0.0135

0.0146

0.0128

0.0129

0.0113

0.0119

Country

France

 AIC

36468.05

41579.91

35518.20

34460.17

33370.97

33533.03

 BIC

36504.28

42968.91

36901.17

34496.41

34759.97

34916.00

 SSE

14.6821

16.9275

13.7486

25.0915

18.5650

23.4846

 MAE

0.0445

0.0500

0.0425

0.0552

0.0482

0.0532

 MAPE

0.0100

0.0104

0.0093

0.0095

0.0083

0.0089

Country

US

 AIC

54064.78

85901.35

51822.85

49278.54

63384.20

47780.52

 BIC

54101.02

87290.36

53205.81

49314.77

64773.21

49163.49

 SSE

4.7715

10.1247

4.2984

5.6521

6.7899

5.3349

 MAE

0.0273

0.0400

0.0258

0.0286

0.0350

0.0276

 MAPE

0.0062

0.0086

0.0058

0.0053

0.0072

0.0051

  1. Spain, France and the US (males and females), 1976–2006