Table 2.
Age-specific mortality rates by gender among discharged VA patients over the period 1993-2002, and mortality rate ratio
| Males | Females | ||||||
| Age group | Deaths | Person years of follow-up | Rate of death* | Deaths | Person years of follow-up | death* | Rate ratio (RR) |
| Under 30 | 33 | 3827.3 | 862.2 | 7 | 1017.3 | 688.1 | 1.25 |
| 30-39 | 250 | 16486.9 | 1516.4 | 18 | 2672.3 | 673.6 | 2.25 |
| 40-49 | 739 | 27929.8 | 2645.9 | 26 | 1902.8 | 1366.4 | 1.94 |
| 50-59 | 309 | 7624.6 | 4052.7 | 2 | 236.6 | 845.5 | 4.79 |
| 60-69 | 206 | 2822.3 | 7299.1 | 5 | 109.0 | 4586.8 | 1.59 |
| 70 and older | 232 | 1450.4 | 15995.5 | 9 | 62.4 | 14424.1 | 1.11 |
| Total | 1769 | 60141.3 | 67 | 6000.4 | 2.63 | ||
| Crude rate = 2941.4 Standardized rate = 1953.7 |
Crude rate = 1116.6 Standardized rate = 1099.1 |
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| Standardized rate ratio = 1.92 (95% CI 1.38 to 2.67) | |||||||
Standardized rates and standardized rate ratio computed using males as the standard.
* Rate per 100,000 person years.