TABLE 1.

AGE-STRATIFIED MORTALITY RATES (IN 2004) AND PERCENT DECREASE IN MORTALITY RATES (FROM 1988) AMONG DECEDENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS–ASSOCIATED DEATH

	Women			Men
Age Stratum (yr)	Mortality Rate, Deaths per 1,000,000 Persons (2004)	Percent Change (from 1988)	Mortality Rate, Deaths per 1,000,000 Persons (2004)	Percent Change (from 1988)
45–54	9.0 ± 1.3	−19.5	4.8 ± 1.0	−35.4
55–64	38.6 ± 3.1	−34.4	20.5 ± 2.4	−51.9
65–74	136.9 ± 7.2	−26.7	71.6 ± 5.7	−41.9
75–84	365.2 ± 13.5	−7.0	176.3 ± 11.4	−27.9
>85	549.8 ± 25.3	−1.9	248.2 ± 25.4	−6.5

Mortality rates are reported with the 95% confidence interval.