From: Relative longevity among retired military personnel: a historical-cohort study
Birth cohort | Male | Female | Δ | 95%CI | P value* | ||
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Mean (SD) | n | Mean (SD) | n | ||||
RMPs | |||||||
1900–1909 | 77.88 (10.07) | 127 | 94.75 (5.91) | 4 | 16.87 | 6.83–26.91 | <0.001 |
1910–1919 | 78.28 (10.85) | 583 | 89.06 (5.56) | 88 | 10.78 | 8.47–13.09 | <0.001 |
1920–1929 | 74.12 (10.08) | 1526 | 81.14 (5.94) | 222 | 7.02 | 5.66–8.38 | <0.001 |
1930–1939 | 67.32 (8.68) | 871 | 73.70 (5.34) | 127 | 6.38 | 4.83–7.93 | <0.001 |
1940–1949 | 58.47 (7.02) | 777 | 60.50 (5.45) | 62 | 2.03 | 0.24–3.82 | 0.026 |
1950–1959 | 52.47 (5.31) | 382 | 53.38 (4.05) | 32 | 0.91 | −0.97–2.79 | 0.345 |
1960–1969 | 46.97 (3.65) | 35 | - | 0 | - | - | - |
Reference | |||||||
1900–1909 | 79.91 (10.57) | 115,951 | 79.32 (10.63) | 110,373 | −0.59 | −0.68– −0.50 | <0.001 |
1910–1919 | 76.52 (11.48) | 137,389 | 79.13 (11.46) | 149,155 | 2.61 | 2.53–2.70 | <0.001 |
1920–1929 | 73.16 (11.61) | 129,948 | 75.60 (10.96) | 127,871 | 2.44 | 2.35–2.53 | <0.001 |
1930–1939 | 65.35 (11.88) | 71,343 | 67.02 (11.13) | 54,062 | 1.67 | 1.54–1.80 | <0.001 |
1940–1949 | 53.99 (13.09) | 37,372 | 54.12 (12.00) | 23,077 | 0.13 | −0.08–0.34 | 0.22 |
1950–1959 | 44.91 (12.00) | 23,347 | 47.48 (10.05) | 13,330 | 2.57 | 2.33–2.81 | <0.001 |
1960–1969 | 36.56 (9.16) | 9,056 | 38.35 (8.42) | 4,687 | 1.79 | 1.48–2.10 | <0.001 |