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Rivista Italiana <strong>di</strong> Economia Demografia e Statistica<br />

9<br />

. (5)<br />

Australian datasets graduated with (5) are still practically identical to those<br />

obtained with the other models. But it is for the Valencia Region dataset that this<br />

model leaves behind all others, scoring an that is 60% less than model (2). As it<br />

can be seen from Figure 3, model (5) fits better than model (2) both over the<br />

accidental bump and at older ages.<br />

Figure 3 – Graduation of mortality data for the Valencia Region (1999-2001) using model<br />

(5) (solid line) and model (2) (broken line). The observed qx values are in<strong>di</strong>cated by dots.<br />

log(q x)<br />

-7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0<br />

0 20 40 60 80<br />

x

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