Table 3:

Hazard Ratios from Cox Proportional Hazard Model Predicting Death, Males aged 30–84, Stratified by Birth Cohort National Health Interview Survey, 1997–2009.

	World War II and Before		Post-World War II-Vietnam		Vietnam Draft eligible		All-Volunteer-Cohort
	(Born 1913–1927)		(Born 1928–1943)		(Born 1944–1952)		(Born after 1953 and After)
	Model 1	Model 2	Model 1	Model 2	Model 1	Model 2	Model 1	Model 2
Race/Ethnicity
White (Ref)
Black	1.06	0.85*	1.45***	0.99	1.77***	1.09	1.71***	1.19*
Veteran Status
Nonveteran (ref)
Veteran	0.99	1.03	1.00	0.98	1.01	0.96	1.18*	1.02
Race/Ethnicity × Veteran Status
Black × Veteran	1.06	1.10	0.92	1.03	0.88	1.01	0.63**	0.79
N	8,598		22,100		19,730		48,635
Person Years	61,283		177,486		167,623		403,759
Deaths (Black Deaths)	5,234 (572)		5,130 (905)		1,799 (412)		1,528 (367)

^*p <0.05

^**p <0.01

^***p < 0.001

Source: National Health Interview Survey, (1997–2009). Linked Mortality File through 2011.

Notes: Model 1 includes no controls.

Model 2 includes controls for Region of Residence, Smoking, Alcohol Consumption, BMI, Health Insurance, Family size, Marital Status, Household Income, Education, Home Ownership, Employment Status.