TABLE 1.

Total mortality rates by baseline participant characteristics, western Washington, 2000–2006¹

	Subjects (n = 77,673)		Person-years (n = 387,801)2		Deaths (n = 3577)		No. of deaths/1000 person-years
Characteristic	n	Percentage	n	Percentage	n	Percentage
Sex
F	40,308	52	202,169	52	1514	42	7.49
M	37,365	48	185,633	48	2063	58	11.11
Age at baseline
50 to <55 y	17,952	23	91,245	24	263	7	2.88
55 to <60 y	17,566	23	87,978	23	419	12	4.76
60 to <65 y	14,121	18	70,450	18	533	15	7.57
65 to <70 y	12,834	17	63,647	16	789	22	12.40
70 to <77 y	15,200	20	74,481	19	1573	44	21.12
Race-ethnicity
White	71,096	92	355,127	92	3276	92	9.22
Hispanic	669	1	3330	1	16	0	4.80
Black	990	1	4872	1	61	2	12.52
American Indian/Alaska Native	1152	1	5729	1	59	2	10.30
Asian or Pacific Islander	1937	2	9751	3	66	2	6.77
Other/missing	1829	2	8992	2	99	3	11.01
Marital status
Married	57,212	74	286,458	74	2390	67	8.34
Living with a partner	1986	3	10,010	3	76	2	7.59
Separated or divorced	8943	12	12,521	3	442	13	9.99
Widowed	5570	7	44,250	11	469	13	17.07
Never married	2514	3	27,470	7	119	3	9.50
Missing	1448	2	7092	2	81	2	11.42
Education
Grade school/some high school	2702	3	13,194	3	295	8	22.36
High school or GED	12,747	16	63,471	16	825	23	13.00
Some college/technical school	29,237	38	145,763	38	1388	39	9.52
College graduate	18,677	24	93,655	24	656	19	7.00
Advanced degree	12,978	17	65,205	17	334	9	5.12
Missing	1332	2	6513	2	79	2	12.13
Cigarette smoking
Nonsmoker	39,041	50	196,707	51	1071	30	5.44
Current smoker
1 to <20 y	1261	2	6314	2	48	1	7.60
20 to <40 y	2047	3	10,195	3	131	4	12.85
≥40 y	3177	4	14,912	4	422	12	28.30
Former smoker
Quit <10 y ago
1 to <20 y	597	1	3010	1	23	1	7.64
20 to <40 y	1693	2	8446	2	79	2	9.35
≥40 y	2843	4	13,748	4	294	8	21.38
Quit ≥10 y ago
1 to <20 y	15,080	19	75,575	19	534	15	7.07
20 to <40 y	7655	10	38,031	10	453	13	11.91
≥40 y	3327	4	15,930	4	439	12	27.56
Missing	1012	1	4933	1	83	2	16.83
Physical activity in the 10 y before baseline
None	11,500	15	56,917	15	816	23	14.34
Quartile 1: >0–3.0 MET-h	16,325	21	81,248	21	881	25	10.84
Quartile 2: 3.1–8.1 MET-h	16,406	21	81,943	21	700	20	8.54
Quartile 3: 8.2–17.8 MET-h	16,117	21	80,656	21	612	17	7.59
Quartile 4: 17.9–157.3 MET-h	16,234	21	81,677	21	500	14	6.12
Missing	1091	1	5361	1	68	2	12.68
Self-rated health
Excellent	11,279	15	57,249	15	149	4	2.60
Very good	29,273	38	147,832	38	685	19	4.63
Good	27,395	35	136,902	35	1302	36	9.51
Fair	8212	11	39,450	10	977	27	24.77
Poor	1514	2	6369	2	464	13	72.86
Morbidity score3
Level 1 (≤0)	35,466	46	179,929	46	616	17	3.42
Level 2 (>0–0.5)	27,916	36	139,999	36	1015	29	7.25
Level 3 (>0.5–1.0)	7733	10	37,899	10	644	18	16.99
Level 4 (>1.0–1.5)	3978	5	18,827	5	586	16	31.13
Level 5 (>1.5–2.0)	1397	2	6203	2	334	9	53.85
Level 5 (>2.0–2.5)	503	1	2116	1	157	4	74.18
Level 6 (>2.5–3.0)	256	0	960	0	117	3	121.87
Level 7 (>3.0)	192	0	715	0	89	3	124.47
Missing	232	0	1153	0	19	1	16.48

¹GED, general equivalency diploma; MET-h, metabolic equivalent task hours.

²Because of rounding, the numbers of person-years across strata of a variable do not always sum to 387,801.

³By using Cox regression, the following conditions, categorized as yes or no, were modeled simultaneously in sex-specific and age-adjusted models to obtain the morbidity score: current use of medication for depression or anxiety; current use of blood pressure medication; a history of lung cancer, colon cancer, bladder cancer, leukemia, pancreatic cancer, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, melanoma, prostate cancer, breast cancer, cervical cancer, uterine cancer, ovarian cancer, and all other cancers combined; ischemic heart disease (defined as a previous heart attack), coronary bypass surgery, angioplasty, or diagnosis of angina; stroke; congestive heart disease; rheumatoid arthritis; diabetes; viral hepatitis; cirrhosis of the liver; other chronic liver disease; emphysema, chronic bronchitis, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; kidney disease; ulcerative colitis or Crohn disease; Parkinson disease; and osteoporosis in women.