Table 4.

Mortality and Slope and Relative Indexes of Inequality Among Military Retirees since 1974

	Ages 40+			Ages 40–64			Ages 65+
Year	Mx	SII	RII	Mx	SII	RII	Mx	SII	RII
1974	2.12	−1.32	−0.62	1.10	−0.79	−0.72	5.42	−3.31	−0.61
1975	2.07	−1.38	−0.67	1.02	−0.93	−0.92	5.48	−3.12	−0.57
1976	2.05	−1.36	−0.66	1.00	−0.91	−0.91	5.47	−3.02	−0.55
1982	1.91	−1.39	−0.73	0.93	−0.95	−1.02	5.07	−3.01	−0.59
1983	1.93	−1.51	−0.78	0.94	−0.95	−1.01	5.11	−3.25	−0.64
1984	1.94	−1.42	−0.73	0.94	−0.90	−0.96	5.20	−3.44	−0.66
1985	1.82	−1.31	−0.72	0.90	−0.88	−0.98	4.83	−2.87	−0.59
1986	1.78	−1.31	−0.74	0.86	−0.83	−0.96	4.76	−2.79	−0.59
1992	1.61	−1.38	−0.85	0.74	−0.77	−1.05	4.45	−3.36	−0.75
1993	1.53	−1.20	−0.79	0.68	−0.73	−1.08	4.29	−2.79	−0.65
1994	1.38	−1.10	−0.80	0.60	−0.70	−1.16	3.90	−2.53	−0.65
1995	1.27	−1.01	−0.80	0.55	−0.62	−1.12	3.59	−2.39	−0.67
2000	1.44	−1.34	−0.93	0.57	−0.69	−1.21	4.26	−3.54	−0.83
2001	1.40	−1.27	−0.91	0.54	−0.65	−1.19	4.18	−3.37	−0.81
2002	1.41	−1.31	−0.93	0.57	−0.72	−1.27	4.13	−3.31	−0.80
2003	1.32	−1.21	−0.92	0.50	−0.63	−1.26	3.97	−3.13	−0.79
2004	1.30	−1.20	−0.92	0.49	−0.61	−1.24	3.92	−3.15	−0.80

Notes: The Mx columns show age-adjusted mortality rates per 100 exposures for military retirees. The SII columns list the slope index of inequality in mortality for military retirees, which is the slope of a weighted regression line through a locus of points that plot groups’ age-adjusted mortality rates against the midpoint of their percentile rankings in status. My status ranking is actual retirement pay, and I create 8 pay groups based on pay grade, shown in Table 2. The RII columns show the relative index of inequality in mortality, which is the SII divided by the Mx. I calculate age-adjusted mortality for all groups using a single age structure, the average over the sample period for all military retirees. Mortality rates are estimated using DMDC payroll data for the years shown.