Medical Progress Report No. 2  October 2005

Appendix Table 2: Demographic Data on Veterans, 1991–2002
Age	<20	20–24	25–29	30–34	35–39	40–44	45–49	50–54	55–59
Year	Number of deaths
1991	29	797	1991	3699	5615	5512	7956	13935	32570
1992	18	683	1787	3543	5475	5738	8993	13506	29977
1993	20	691	1637	3527	5580	6251	9496	13406	27185
1994	14	584	1409	3215	5271	6228	9988	13849	25735
1995	14	638	1427	3052	5436	7311	10371	14405	23842
1996	21	500	1317	2561	4869	7672	10479	14872	22953
1997	12	359	1069	1894	3901	6470	9309	15935	22261
1998	20	339	915	1569	3282	6005	8565	16240	21803
1999	21	317	852	1559	3180	6101	8686	16766	21815
2000	26	339	804	1480	2901	6085	9382	17090	22316
2001	14	211	481	891	1269	2985	6717	20013	24679
2002	14	217	441	871	1223	2805	6411	17562	27536
Year	Number alive
1991	9799	416155	1118642	1583546	1871072	3021445	3212103	2470216	2884391
1992	9152	425139	1095812	1563619	1838404	2616539	3476386	2525059	2706603
1993	10996	407650	1056779	1530989	1822089	2314835	3603409	2601574	2572738
1994	10668	380275	1022324	1486256	1794793	2093929	3632480	2707654	2469478
1995	10007	339934	997708	1436028	1757751	2014915	3539528	2818806	2401227
1996	9600	311544	959625	1369790	1711676	1994150	3080630	3188829	2392406
1997	9560	298061	910085	1306040	1664757	1953326	2670969	3448520	2447173
1998	11414	281820	850631	1251681	1623225	1935096	2364019	3571336	2522529
1999	12075	271341	794328	1208118	1574231	1901448	2136143	3599190	2627044
2000	13273	271794	731274	1178937	1513691	1853422	2047712	3506113	2736305
2001	12397	279966	680278	1133104	1443688	1807612	2028176	3049288	3097870
2002	11806	288274	647974	1074531	1374989	1762558	1989379	2642851	3350445
Year	Mortality rate
1991	0.29%	0.19%	0.18%	0.23%	0.30%	0.18%	0.25%	0.56%	1.13%
1992	0.19%	0.16%	0.16%	0.23%	0.30%	0.22%	0.26%	0.53%	1.11%
1993	0.18%	0.17%	0.15%	0.23%	0.31%	0.27%	0.26%	0.52%	1.06%
1994	0.13%	0.15%	0.14%	0.22%	0.29%	0.30%	0.27%	0.51%	1.04%
1995	0.14%	0.19%	0.14%	0.21%	0.31%	0.36%	0.29%	0.51%	0.99%
1996	0.22%	0.16%	0.14%	0.19%	0.28%	0.38%	0.34%	0.47%	0.96%
1997	0.12%	0.12%	0.12%	0.14%	0.23%	0.33%	0.35%	0.46%	0.91%
1998	0.17%	0.12%	0.11%	0.13%	0.20%	0.31%	0.36%	0.45%	0.86%
1999	0.17%	0.12%	0.11%	0.13%	0.20%	0.32%	0.41%	0.47%	0.83%
2000	0.20%	0.12%	0.11%	0.13%	0.19%	0.33%	0.46%	0.49%	0.82%
2001	0.11%	0.08%	0.07%	0.08%	0.09%	0.17%	0.33%	0.66%	0.80%
2002	0.12%	0.08%	0.07%	0.08%	0.09%	0.16%	0.32%	0.66%	0.82%
Age	60–64	65–69	70–74	75–79	80–84	85–89	90–94	95–99	100+
Year	Number of deaths
1991	61621	104716	113083	68660	37928	14562	12145	7363	389
1992	58209	100658	121607	77208	41710	16947	9666	7257	473
1993	54272	98586	128719	87154	45661	19817	8558	6668	634
1994	54067	96092	134463	101214	52555	23786	8169	5779	881
1995	51587	90015	132434	111112	58516	26980	7883	4839	1248
1996	47809	86339	130454	123205	67517	30734	8476	3955	1341
1997	44230	82143	126255	133820	77411	34091	9955	3216	1282
1998	39818	77806	123336	140020	88097	38132	11813	2850	1094
1999	36815	75360	117970	144006	100265	42534	13442	2615	882
2000	35158	72729	111965	145840	113313	48560	15176	2522	747
2001	34010	69091	108732	145378	126039	55853	16967	2692	615
2002	33407	63605	104324	141866	138797	64751	19082	3251	524
Year	Number alive
1991	3411319	3629402	2841425	1212401	428894	118004	44549	24699	1210
1992	3280921	3582956	3006289	1390541	478689	139659	39586	21975	1605
1993	3220731	3420484	3102584	1585517	538255	160723	36886	18317	2182
1994	3093889	3269916	3160623	1791865	610826	183154	36140	15309	3072
1995	2904906	3174385	3127011	2001480	711421	207446	38979	12461	3219
1996	2709998	3073918	3065441	2202117	822732	231802	46110	10142	3015
1997	2546293	2961703	3030949	2333979	946382	259477	54415	8969	2503
1998	2423731	2908251	2894063	2414230	1081604	292019	61742	8289	1991
1999	2330482	2797107	2771807	2467836	1228022	333524	70175	8300	1735
2000	2268468	2629168	2696118	2446893	1377969	390683	79509	9125	1461
2001	2263150	2455383	2615913	2403775	1522182	454261	89562	11053	1245
2002	2318244	2311788	2525306	2380480	1615623	524584	100940	13208	1137
Year	Mortality rate
1991	1.81%	2.89%	3.98%	5.66%	8.84%	12.34%	27.26%	29.8%	32%
1992	1.77%	2.81%	4.05%	5.55%	8.71%	12.13%	24.42%	33.0%	29%
1993	1.69%	2.88%	4.15%	5.50%	8.48%	12.33%	23.20%	36.4%	29%
1994	1.75%	2.94%	4.25%	5.65%	8.60%	12.99%	22.60%	37.8%	29%
1995	1.78%	2.84%	4.24%	5.55%	8.23%	13.01%	20.22%	38.8%	39%
1996	1.76%	2.81%	4.26%	5.59%	8.21%	13.26%	18.38%	39.0%	44%
1997	1.74%	2.77%	4.17%	5.73%	8.18%	13.14%	18.30%	35.9%	51%
1998	1.64%	2.68%	4.26%	5.80%	8.15%	13.06%	19.13%	34.4%	55%
1999	1.58%	2.69%	4.26%	5.84%	8.16%	12.75%	19.16%	31.5%	51%
2000	1.55%	2.77%	4.15%	5.96%	8.22%	12.43%	19.09%	27.6%	51%
2001	1.50%	2.81%	4.16%	6.05%	8.28%	12.30%	18.94%	24.4%	49%
2002	1.44%	2.75%	4.13%	5.96%	8.59%	12.34%	18.90%	24.6%	46%

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