TABLE 3.

Morality rate by age and use of estrogen therapy: the Leisure World Cohort Study, 1981–2003

Age (y)	Never estrogen			Ever estrogen			Long-term (15+ y) estrogen
	Person-years	No. of deaths	Mortality ratea	Person-years	No. of deaths	Mortality ratea	Person-years	No. of deaths	Mortality ratea
≤69	3,976	40	10.1	8,703	60	6.9	2,189	15	6.9
70–74	5,866	93	15.9	11,764	190	16.2	3,639	44	12.1
75–79	9,829	251	25.5	16,360	364	22.2	5,301	120	22.6
80–84	11,881	597	50.2	17,011	684	40.2	5,544	201	36.3
85–89	9,999	766	76.6	12,260	934	76.2	4,117	294	71.4
90–94	5,509	866	157.2	5,601	859	153.4	1,860	277	149.0
95+	1,887	497	263.3	1,557	425	273.0	465	131	281.5
Age-adjusted	48,947	3,110	56.4	73,256	3,516	52.8	23,115	1,082	50.4

^aNumber of deaths per 1,000 person-years.