Table 3.

Incidence Rates for a New Major Chronic Disease or Death at Three Time Points

Age (y)	2 Years		4 Years		6 Years
	Primary	Secondary	Primary	Secondary	Primary	Secondary
Health and Retirement Study
65–69
Women	0.133	0.146	0.236	0.247	0.299	0.309
Men	0.204	0.157	0.355	0.313	0.486	0.414
70–74
Women	0.112	0.174	0.258	0.255	0.343	0.376
Men	0.198	0.147	0.397	0.324	0.546	0.451
75–79
Women	0.160	0.209	0.297	0.348	0.371	0.481
Men	0.256	0.156	0.454	0.328	0.578	0.502
Rochester Epidemiology Project
65–69
Women	0.174	0.182	0.392	0.348	0.529	0.472
Men	0.266	0.227	0.471	0.411	0.641	0.557
70–74
Women	0.205	0.248	0.438	0.409	0.619	0.574
Men	0.324	0.261	0.579	0.474	0.728	0.607
75–79
Women	0.276	0.240	0.492	0.478	0.653	0.623
Men	0.354	0.321	0.632	0.562	0.736	0.709
Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study
65–69
Women	0.048	0.118	0.114	0.193	0.179	0.259
Men	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
70–74
Women	0.059	0.136	0.136	0.178	0.214	0.216
Men	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
75–79
Women	0.075	0.148	0.162	0.256	0.246	0.350
Men	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA

Note: NA = not applicable.