Table 1 Sample summary

a: All Data

Sample A [SA]

Sample B [SB]

Sample C [SC]

Sample D [SD]

Sample E [SE]

Everyone over 65

SA + Matched in CMS Data

SB + Not HMO in CMS Data

SC + Hourly Men

SD + Not Outlier

N

10,571

8,321

6,810

3,886

3,737

Men

78.1 %

84.4 %

84.6 %

*

*

Hourly

57.9 %

66.8 %

66.8 %

*

*

Birth Year [SD]

1939 [3.2]

1940 [3]

1939 [2.9]

1939 [2.7]

1939 [2.7]

Ever Married

64.4 %

67.6 %

67.5 %

71.4 %

72.0 %

Coronary Heart Disease

24.5 %

27.1 %

29.1 %

32.0 %

31.5 %

Hypertension

60.5 %

66.2 %

70.5 %

71.6 %

71.3 %

Diabetes

26.2 %

28.2 %

29.9 %

32.6 %

32.5 %

Asthma

14.1 %

16.0 %

17.5 %

18.6 %

17.8 %

Arthritis

39.4 %

43.6 %

46.4 %

45.4 %

45.3 %

Risk Score

2.21

2.03

2.03

2.04

2.00

b: Samples in Paper

Sample 1

Sample 2

Sample 3

Sample 4

Sample 5

SE + Plants did not close

SE + Continuous data available

SE + Risk Score at age 61 available

SC + Male + BMI data available

SC + Male + Lung function data available

N

1,711

1,592

1,552

367

1,364

Men

*

*

*

*

*

Hourly

*

*

*

*

*

Birth Year [SD]

1940 [2.2]

1940 [2.2]

1940 [2.1]

1941 [1.7]

1940 [2]

Ever Married

85.6 %

86.4 %

86.3 %

89.1 %

87.8 %

Coronary Heart Disease

32.0 %

32.5 %

33.1 %

28.9 %

26.9 %

Hypertension

75.6 %

76.3 %

74.0 %

74.7 %

68.2 %

Diabetes

33.7 %

33.8 %

32.5 %

35.4 %

29.0 %

Asthma

19.3 %

19.5 %

19.7 %

19.1 %

15.1 %

Arthritis

48.6 %

49.3 %

49.5 %

48.0 %

42.4 %

Risk Score

1.91

1.91

1.91

1.75

1.94