Table 1

Mean survival time of the deceased in their year of birth

Year of birth

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

Males

N

145

135

134

127

123

107

107

123

145

141

Mean

29.8

32.7

30.6

37.1

34.4

24.5

34.4

31.3

27

29.6

k1

0.082

0.089

0.084

0.102

0.094

0.067

0.094

0.086

0.074

0.081

Females

N

114

113

88

87

99

106

112

108

105

107

Mean

39.6

35.0

35.8

43.1

29.6

23.8

26.3

31.9

31.8

31.0

k1

0.109

0.095

0.098

0.118

0.081

0.065

0.072

0.087

0.087

0.085

Breslow chi-square statistic (males vs. females):

P-value

0.26

0.96

0.39

0.93

0.73

0.45

0.15

0.93

0.60

0.88

Mean survival time of the deceased in their year of birth (in days) and mean proportion lived during that year (k1), Flemish Region (Belgium), 1999-2008, by sex

Pelfrene et al. Archives of Public Health 2012 70:6   doi:10.1186/0778-7367-70-6