Main causes of death by age group at death (the Whitehall study, 25 years of follow up)
| Age group at death | Cause of death | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiovascular diseases n (%) | Cancers n (%) | Respiratory diseases n (%) | Accidents/suicide n (%) | Other causes n (%) | Total n (%) | |
| 55–59 | 280 (55.5) | 164 (32.5) | 27 (5.4) | 15 (3.0) | 19 (3.8) | 505 (100) |
| 60–64 | 505 (52.3) | 325 (33.6) | 55 (5.7) | 29 (3.0) | 52 (5.4) | 966 (100) |
| 65–69 | 722 (51.5) | 459 (32.7) | 108 (7.7) | 23 (1.6) | 91 (6.5) | 1403 (100) |
| 70–74 | 900 (51.0) | 546 (31.0) | 179 (10.2) | 25 (1.4) | 114 (6.5) | 1764 (100) |
| 75–79 | 745 (50.0) | 407 (27.3) | 198 (13.3) | 14 (0.9) | 125 (8.4) | 1489 (100) |
| 80–84 | 447 (47.7) | 221 (23.6) | 159 (17.0) | 7 (0.8) | 104 (11.1) | 938 (100) |
| 85–89 | 159 (48.0) | 74 (22.4) | 58 (17.5) | 5 (1.5) | 35 (10.6) | 331 (100) |
| Total | 3758 (50.8) | 2196 (29.7) | 784 (10.6) | 118 (1.6) | 540 (7.3) | 7396 (100) |