Table 5–1.

Comparison of the mortality capacity to work in the US in 1977 and 2007, and between France and the United States in 2007

	United States 2007 vs. United States 1977				France 2007 vs. United States 2007
Age	Death Rate	Employment Rate	Emp. Rate Difference	Cumulative Gain	Death Rate	Employment Rate	Emp. Rate Difference	Cumulative Gain
55	0.008	0.805	0.078	0.078	0.008	0.798	0.000	0.000
56	0.009	0.795	0.082	0.160	0.008	0.735	0.066	0.066
57	0.009	0.747	0.106	0.266	0.009	0.626	0.132	0.198
58	0.010	0.737	0.104	0.370	0.009	0.530	0.215	0.413
59	0.010	0.694	0.140	0.511	0.010	0.473	0.266	0.679
60	0.012	0.663	0.175	0.685	0.011	0.328	0.359	1.038
61	0.012	0.651	0.187	0.872	0.011	0.215	0.463	1.501
62	0.013	0.547	0.287	1.160	0.012	0.176	0.451	1.952
63	0.015	0.487	0.318	1.478	0.013	0.100	0.465	2.417
64	0.016	0.448	0.318	1.796	0.014	0.108	0.419	2.835
65	0.017	0.427	0.335	2.131	0.015	0.083	0.406	3.241
66	0.018	0.337	0.420	2.551	0.015	0.045	0.440	3.682
67	0.020	0.301	0.463	3.013	0.017	0.047	0.379	4.060
68	0.021	0.293	0.381	3.395	0.019	0.034	0.288	4.349
69	0.024	0.253	0.314	3.709	0.020	0.028	0.276	4.625

Notes: Authors’ calculation using data from Human Mortality Database and International Social Security Project. Displayed is the death rate and employment rate from the comparison year. In the right-hand panel, United States 2007 is the comparison year. In the left-hand panel, France 2007 is the comparison year. The difference in employment rate is shown relative to the base year in each case. The cumulative gain sums the employment rate difference up to the given age.