TABLE 2.

Major League Baseball Player Hazard Coefficients on Mortality, 1902–2004

	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 4	Model 5	Model 6	Model 7	Model 8	Model 9
Age Group [20–24]
25–29	0.42	0.52	0.52	0.52	0.53	0.52	0.52	0.53	0.51
30–34	0.56	0.72	0.69	0.72	0.73	0.72	0.72	0.73	0.70
35–39	0.74^*	0.99^*	0.92^*	0.99^*	1.00^*	0.99^*	0.99^*	1.00^*	0.97^*
40–44	1.32^***	1.67^***	1.56^***	1.67^***	1.67^***	1.67^***	1.67^***	1.67^***	1.65^***
45–49	1.68^***	2.12^***	1.96^***	2.12^***	2.12^***	2.12^***	2.12^***	2.12^***	2.09^***
50–54	2.39^***	2.91^***	2.69^***	2.91^***	2.92^***	2.91^***	2.91^***	2.91^***	2.88^***
55–59	2.78^***	3.37^***	3.09^***	3.38^***	3.38^***	3.37^***	3.37^***	3.38^***	3.34^***
60–64	3.17^***	3.83^***	3.51^***	3.83^***	3.83^***	3.83^***	3.83^***	3.83^***	3.79^***
65–69	3.60^***	4.30^***	3.94^***	4.31^***	4.31^***	4.30^***	4.31^***	4.31^***	4.27^***
70–74	4.00^***	4.77^***	4.36^***	4.77^***	4.78^***	4.77^***	4.77^***	4.77^***	4.73^***
75–79	4.35^***	5.18^***	4.72^***	5.18^***	5.19^***	5.18^***	5.18^***	5.18^***	5.14^***
80–84	4.92^***	5.81^***	5.30^***	5.82^***	5.82^***	5.81^***	5.81^***	5.82^***	5.77^***
85+	5.45^***	6.40^***	5.83^***	6.40^***	6.41^***	6.40^***	6.40^***	6.40^***	6.36^***
Period [<1910]
1910–1919		− 0.20	− 0.18	− 0.20	− 0.20	− 0.20	− 0.20	− 0.20	− 0.20
1920–1929		− 0.54	− 0.44	− 0.54	− 0.54	− 0.54	− 0.54	− 0.54	− 0.53
1930–1939		− 1.08^**	− 0.89^*	− 1.08^**	− 1.08^**	− 1.08^**	− 1.08^**	− 1.08^**	− 1.08^**
1940–1949		− 1.17^**	− 0.92^*	− 1.17^**	− 1.17^**	− 1.17^**	− 1.17^**	− 1.17^**	− 1.14^**
1950–1959		− 1.47^***	− 1.14^**	− 1.47^***	− 1.47^***	− 1.47^***	− 1.47^***	− 1.47^***	− 1.43^***
1960–1969		− 1.47^***	− 1.08^**	− 1.47^***	− 1.47^***	− 1.47^***	− 1.47^***	− 1.47^***	− 1.43^***
1970–2004		− 1.97^***	− 1.39^***	− 1.97^***	− 1.97^***	− 1.97^***	− 1.97^***	− 1.97^***	− 1.97^***
Cohort [Early Era]
Golden Era			− 0.49^***	—	—	—	—	—	—
Modern Era			− 1.02^***	—	—	—	—	—	—
Anthropometric Variables
Body Mass Index [normal 18.5–<25.0]
Overweight (25.0–<30.0)				0.04	—	—	—	—	—
Obese Class I (30.0–<35.0)				0.57	—	—	—	—	—
Height [<6 feet]
> 6 feet					0.03	—	—	—	—
Handedness [right handed]
Left handed						− 0.02	—	—	—
Performance Measures
First-year rating							0.03	—	—
Career rating								0.00	—
Seasons Played [<10 years]
10+years									− 0.15^**
Intercept	− 7.15	− 6.16	− 6.15	− 6.18	− 6.16	− 6.17	− 6.19	− 6.16	− 6.13
− 2 Log likelihood	26773.12	26478.88	26404.04	26475.95	26478.34	26478.81	26477.38	26478.07	26470.58

p ≤ 0.05;

^**

p ≤ 0.01;

^***

p ≤ 0.001.

Note: Referent categories in brackets.

Source: Derived from Total Baseball, 8th edition, 2004.