Table 1.

Sample summary

a: All Data
	Sample A [SA]	Sample B [SB]	Sample C [SC]	Sample D [SD]	Sample E [SE]
	Everyone over 65	SA + Matched in CMS Data	SB + Not HMO in CMS Data	SC + Hourly Men	SD + Not Outlier
N	10,571	8,321	6,810	3,886	3,737
Men	78.1 %	84.4 %	84.6 %	*	*
Hourly	57.9 %	66.8 %	66.8 %	*	*
Birth Year [SD]	1939 [3.2]	1940 [3]	1939 [2.9]	1939 [2.7]	1939 [2.7]
Ever Married	64.4 %	67.6 %	67.5 %	71.4 %	72.0 %
Coronary Heart Disease	24.5 %	27.1 %	29.1 %	32.0 %	31.5 %
Hypertension	60.5 %	66.2 %	70.5 %	71.6 %	71.3 %
Diabetes	26.2 %	28.2 %	29.9 %	32.6 %	32.5 %
Asthma	14.1 %	16.0 %	17.5 %	18.6 %	17.8 %
Arthritis	39.4 %	43.6 %	46.4 %	45.4 %	45.3 %
Risk Score	2.21	2.03	2.03	2.04	2.00
b: Samples in Paper
	Sample 1	Sample 2	Sample 3	Sample 4	Sample 5
	SE + Plants did not close	SE + Continuous data available	SE + Risk Score at age 61 available	SC + Male + BMI data available	SC + Male + Lung function data available
N	1,711	1,592	1,552	367	1,364
Men	*	*	*	*	*
Hourly	*	*	*	*	*
Birth Year [SD]	1940 [2.2]	1940 [2.2]	1940 [2.1]	1941 [1.7]	1940 [2]
Ever Married	85.6 %	86.4 %	86.3 %	89.1 %	87.8 %
Coronary Heart Disease	32.0 %	32.5 %	33.1 %	28.9 %	26.9 %
Hypertension	75.6 %	76.3 %	74.0 %	74.7 %	68.2 %
Diabetes	33.7 %	33.8 %	32.5 %	35.4 %	29.0 %
Asthma	19.3 %	19.5 %	19.7 %	19.1 %	15.1 %
Arthritis	48.6 %	49.3 %	49.5 %	48.0 %	42.4 %
Risk Score	1.91	1.91	1.91	1.75	1.94