Table 2. Hazard Ratios and 95% Confidence Intervals from Survival Models for Overall Mortality, Non-Institutionalized U.S. Born Adults Aged 25 and Older.

	Males	Females
(Age)2.5	1.00022***	1.00022***
	(1.00021,1.00023)	(1.00021,1.00024)
(Age)3.0	0.999984***	0.999984***
	(0.999983,0.999984)	(0.999983,0.999985)
Educational Attainment
No high school degree	1.23***	1.32***
	(1.21,1.25)	(1.29,1.34)
High school degree or GED	ref.	ref.
Some college	0.94***	0.92***
	(0.91,0.96)	(0.90,0.95)
Baccalaureate degree	0.75***	0.78***
	(0.73,0.77)	(0.76,0.81)
Any post-baccalaureate	0.67***	0.75***
	(0.65,0.70)	(0.72,0.78)
Birth Cohort	0.990***	1.001
	(0.988,0.992)	(0.999,1.003)
Interactions: Date of birth by
No high school degree	1.011***	1.015***
	(1.010,1.013)	(1.01,1.02)
High school degree or GED	ref.	ref.
Some college	0.998	0.997***
	(0.997,1.000)	(0.995,0.998)
Baccalaureate degree	0.988***	0.987***
	(0.986,0.991)	(0.985,0.990)
Post-baccalaureate education	0.983***	0.984***
	(0.981,0.986)	(0.981,0.987)
Race/Ethnicity
White	ref.	ref.
Black	1.26***	1.21***
	(1.23,1.30)	(1.17,1.24)
Asian	0.64***	0.64***
	(0.58,0.71)	(0.56,0.73)
Mexican American	0.83***	0.79***
	(0.79,0.88)	(0.73,0.86)
Native American	1.13*	1.14*
	(1.01,1.27)	(1.01,1.29)
Puerto Rican	0.94	0.96
	(0.78,1.13)	(0.80,1.14)
Cuban	0.84*	0.88*
	(0.73,0.98)	(0.79,1.00)
Other	0.84***	0.86***
	(0.78,0.90)	(0.79,0.94)
Intercept	0.001***	0.00039***
	(0.0009,0.0011)	(0.00035,0.00043)

Source: National Health Interview Survey-Linked Mortality File, 1986–2006.

* p < .05;

** p < .01;

*** p < .001.