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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 3.
Published in final edited form as: Int Econ Rev (Philadelphia). 2018 Mar 9;59(3):1571–1619. doi: 10.1111/iere.12314

Table 8:

Age and Cause of Death: Observed and Simulated Data

Sample Percent
died
Age of death distribution (percentile) Cause of death
Mean 10th 25th 50th 75th 90th CVD Cancer Other

Deaths observed through 1996 (right-censored; estimation sample)
Observed 87.8 72.6 58 66 74 80 85 42.6 26.3 31.6
Simulated 89.0 72.3 58 66 73 79 85 43.9 26.2 30.0
Deaths observed through 2009
Observed 100.0 74.4 59 68 76 82 88
Simulated 100.0 74.0 59 67 75 82 88

Note: Observations are right-censored if the individual (observed or simulated) has not died through 1996 (two years after exam 23).