Table 5.
Cardiovascular Death Rates per 1000 Person-years at Risk, stratified by age decade, sex and race/ethnicity
| Age Group at Baseline | Men | Women | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | Chinese | Black | Hispanic | White | Chinese | Black | Hispanic | ||
| 45–55 years | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.0 | |
| 55–65 years | 1.7 | 2.4 | 4.3 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 0.6 | |
| 65–75 years | 5.1 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 3.6 | 1.1 | 4.5 | 3.0 | |
| 75–85 years | 13.6 | 8.1 | 25.5 | 15.7 | 10.7 | 18.0 | 12.4 | 14.2 | |
| Overall | 3.8 | 3.8 | 6.3 | 4.5 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 2.6 | |