TABLE 1.

Characteristics of Persons Who Died (n = 175,067)

Demographic Characteristics
Age (years); mean (SD)	83.3 (7.6)
Women; No. (%)	127,552 (73)
Race; No. (%)
White	164,524 (94)
Black	9,242 (5)
Other/unknown	1,301 (1)
	Hazard window	Referent window
Diagnoses observed during observation windows; No. (%)
Angina	3,101 (1.8)	1,251 (0.7)
Chronic kidney disease	9,957 (5.7)	2,332 (1.3)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	21,665 (12.3)	5,833 (3.3)
Congestive heart failure	35,157 (20.1)	8,792 (5.0)
Coronary artery disease	27,783 (15.9)	7,617 (4.4)
Diabetes	17,260 (9.9)	5,464 (3.1)
End-stage renal disease	313 (0.2)	66 (<1)
Gastrointestinal bleeding	5,099 (2.9)	910 (0.5)
Hyperlipidemia	3,626 (2.1)	1,366 (0.8)
Hypertension	30,312 (17.3)	9,029 (5.2)
Osteoarthritis	5,820 (3.3)	2,314 (1.3)
Peptic ulcer disease	6,320 (3.6)	2,167 (1.2)
Peripheral vascular disease	3,286 (1.9)	1,167 (0.7)
Rheumatoid arthritis	938 (0.5)	309 (0.2)
Stroke	10,748 (6.1)	1,643 (0.9)
Transient ischemic attack	575 (0.3)	334 (0.2)
Myocardial infarction (current or previous)	10,873 (6.2)	1,227 (0.7)
Hospitalized during observation window	77,104 (44.0)	22,686 (13.0)