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Table 4 Characteristics of the study population by missing or observed death times (n = 4514)

From: Survival analysis under imperfect record linkage using historic census data

Variable

Missing (n = 2074)

Observed (n = 2440)

Difference

Age at census (yrs)

24.94 ± 19.09

33.58 ± 20.39

8.64*

Males (%)

872 (42.1%)

1413 (57.9%)

16.8%*

Non-U.S. born (%)

372 (17.9%)

347 (14.2%)

3.7%*

Race (%)

 White

1757 (84.9%)

2191 (89.8%)

4.9%*

-4.8%*

 Black

311 (15.0%)

249 (10.2%)

 Other

2 (0.1%)

0 (-)

0.1%

 Occ Exp (%)

214 (10.3%)

259 (10.6%)

0.3%

 ParaOcc Exp (%)

883 (42.7%)

752 (30.8%)

-11.8%*

  1. * Indicates statistically significant difference at the 0.05 significance level, based on Wilcoxon rank-sum test for age, and chi-square test for other variables