Table 4.

Sex-specific mortality rates by age categories and specific causes. Framingham Heart Study, Original and Offspring Cohorts.

	All cause		Cardio-vascular deaths		Non Cardio-vascular deaths
	# events	Rate (1,000 PY)	# events	Rate (1,000 PY)	# events	Rate (1,000 PY)
Women
45-54	40	2.5	4	0.2	36	2.2
55-64	121	5.5	13	0.6	108	4.9
65-74	341	14.8	101	4.4	240	10.4
75-84	722	40.7	235	13.4	487	27.6
85-94	851	110.0	214	28.8	637	83.5
95-104	189	255.2	44	65.9	145	201.8
Men
45-54	57	4.0*	17	1.2**	40	2.8
55-64	211	10.8***	71	3.6***	140	7.2**
65-74	501	27.3***	168	9.2***	333	18.2***
75-84	757	68.2***	272	25.0***	485	44.2***
85-94	455	146.7***	131	44.6***	324	106.7***
95-104	48	310.7	10	73.8	38	254.2

^*P-value (women vs men in the same age category) < 0.05

^**P-value (women vs men in the same age category) <0.01

^***P-value (women vs men in the same age category) <0.001