Table 3

Sample Size and Mortality for Selected GSS Subgroups

Full Sample

Alive

Dead

Number of Subjects

32,830

23,782

9,271

Gender (% Female)

56.7

57.8

54.0

Race

% White

81.7

81.9

81.2

% Black

14.3

13.4

16.4

% Other

4.0

4.6

2.4

Age at interview

% 18-35

35.9

44.0

15.1

% 36-65

47.4

47.9

46.2

% 66-90

16.7

8.1

38.6

% Foreign born

7.3

7.8

5.8

Muennig et al. BMC Research Notes 2011 4:385   doi:10.1186/1756-0500-4-385