Table 2.

Mortality rates* according to median BMI^†, by gender and age groups

	70–74 y			75–79 y			80–89 y			90–94 y
Quantiles BMI	N	Median BMI	Mortality Rate	N	Median BMI	Mortality Rate	N	Median BMI	Mortality Rate	N	Median BMI	Mortality Rate
Male
1	98	21.30	8.8	101	20.90	17.3	75	20.32	18.3	101	19.49	47.3
2	107	23.66	4.3	102	23.12	8.0	78	22.66	16.2	101	21.97	37.5
3	90	24.80	4.2	100	24.39	7.9	75	24.09	20.9	101	23.39	32.8
4	96	26.08	5.1	103	25.71	8.3	72	25.39	16.5	104	24.49	32.9
5	98	27.47	4.3	100	27.43	10.3	75	26.84	15.6	98	25.95	32.1
6	97	30.74	5.9	99	30.46	9.3	75	29.73	18.4	100	29.38	30.8
Female
1	117	18.87	5.5	153	18.96	7.4	134	18.37	17.5	283	17.94	34.6
2	119	21.45	3.0	154	21.32	6.5	132	20.56	13.4	284	20.03	29.8
3	114	23.19	2.5	154	23.03	5.1	133	22.35	13.9	283	21.51	26.9
4	117	24.77	3.0	151	24.34	5.2	140	23.88	11.8	281	23.19	25.4
5	115	26.57	3.0	153	26.44	5.3	126	25.90	10.1	284	24.97	24.7
6	116	30.43	3.8	153	30.04	6.3	132	29.30	12.3	281	28.13	26.5

Notes: BMI, body mass index.

*Mortality rates are per 100 years.

^†BMI was divided into 6 quantiles.