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. 2010 May 22;25(7):471–480. doi: 10.1007/s10654-010-9460-6

Table 1.

Sample size in the Danish surveys, the Health and Retirements Study, and the Nihon University Japanese Longitudinal Study of Aging

Age group Danish surveysa HRS NUJLSOA
Men Women Men Women Men Women
45–49 398 394
50–54 515 499 640 1,013
55–59 507 468 1,051 1,472
60–64 479 480 936 1,463
65–69 299 275 1,537 1,879 187 217
70–74 833 923 1,267 1,560 456 477
75–79 610 938 906 1,128 328 340
80–84 291 493 647 917 299 413
85–89 168 326 344 649 179 312
90+ 621 1,777 142 379 56 139
Total 4,721 6,573 7,470 10,460 1,505 1,898

aDanish surveys: the Study of Middle-Aged Danish Twins, the Longitudinal Study of Aging Danish Twins, the Danish-1905-Cohort Study, the HRS—the Health and Retirement Study; the NUJLSOA—the Nihon University Japanese Longitudinal Study of Aging