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Table 1 Mortality cohort characteristics

From: Healthy ageing and the prediction of mortality and incidence dependence in low- and middle- income countries: a 10/66 population-based cohort study

Mortality Cohort

Cuba

Dominican Republic

Mexico

Peru

Puerto Rico

Venezuela

Total

Baseline sample (alive at baseline)

2813

2011

2003

1933

2009

1965

12,734

Vital status determined (% of baseline)

2635 (93.7%)

1706 (84.8%)

1844 (92.1%)

1752 (90.6%)

1563 (77.8%)

1697 (86.4%)

11,197 (87.9%)

Interviewed (% of baseline sample)

2007 (71.3%)

1197 (59.5%)

1459 (72.8%)

1311 (67.8%)

1265 (63.0%)

1257 (64.0%)

8496 (66.7%)

Deaths (% of those with vital status determined)

608 (23.1%)

467 (27.4%)

209 (11.3%)

152 (8.7%)

298 (19.1%)

200 (11.8%)

1934 (17.3%)

Person years of follow-up

10,844.6

7448.6

5366.7

5356.8

6474.3

7031.0

42,521.9

Mortality rate per 1000 person-years

56.1

62.7

38.9

28.4

46.0

28.4

45.5

Median years of follow-up (25th and 75th centile)

4.2 (3.5–5.0)

5.0 (3.6–5.1)

3.0 (2.9–3.1)

3.0 (2.5–3.7)

4.3 (3.7–4.7)

(4.0–4.8)

3.9 (3.0–4.8)

Mean age at baseline (SD)

75.2 (7.1)

75.3 (7.5)

74.3 (6.7)

74.8 (7.4)

76.3 (7.4)

72.5 (6.9)

74.8 (7.2)

Female Sex (%)

1836 (65.3%)

1325 (65.9%)

1268 (63.3%)

1183 (61.2%)

1347 (67.0%)

1252 (63.7%)

8211 (64.5%)

None did not complete primary education (%)

692 (24.6%)

1414 (70.3%)

1418 (70.8%)

352 (18.2%)

461 (22.9%)

601 (30.6%)

4938 (38.8%)

Median number of assets (25th–75th centile)

6.0 (5.0–6.0)

5.0 (4.0–6.0)

6.0 (4.0–6.0)

6.0 (6.0–6.0)

7.0 (6.0–7.0)

6.0 (6.0–7.0)

6.0 (5.0–7.0)

No limiting physical impairment (%)

1207 (42.9%)

599 (29.8%)

835 (41.7%)

887 (45.9%)

708 (35.2%)

748 (38.1%)

4984 (39.1%)

No stroke (%)

2605 (92.6%)

1842 (91.6%)

1871 (93.4%)

1825 (94.4%)

1841 (91.6%)

1846 (93.9%)

11,830 (92.9%)

No ICD10 depressive episode (%)

2671 (95.0%)

1733 (86.2%)

1911 (95.4%)

1830 (94.7%)

1962 (97.7%)

1858 (94.6%)

11,965 (94.0%)

No dementia (%)

2517 (89.5%)

1769 (88.0%)

1823 (91.0%)

1767 (91.4%)

1765 (87.9%)

1820 (92.6%)

11,461 (90.0%)

Q1 of healthy ageing (highest level)

660 (23.5%)

199 (9.9%)

274 (13.7%)

482 (24.9%)

347 (17.3%)

576 (29.3%)

2538 (19.9%)

Self-rated health: very good

287 (10.2%)

272 (13.5%)

392 (19.6%)

409 (21.2%)

157 (7.8%)

288 (14.7%)

1805 (14.2%)

  1. SD standard deviation, ICD International Classification of Diseases