Table 2 Mortality characteristics overall and by soft drusen.
Characteristic | All participants (N = 4497) | Soft drusen | |
|---|---|---|---|
Without (N = 3730) | With (N = 767) | ||
Age at death, mean (SE), y | |||
 Due to all causes | 77.0 (0.3) | 76.0 (0.4) | 81.0 (0.6)a |
 Due to CVD | 79.0 (0.7) | 77.0 (0.9) | 82.0 (1.2)a |
 Due to cancer | 74.0 (0.9) | 73.0 (0.8) | 77.0 (1.3)a |
 Due to non-CVD and noncancer causes | 78.0 (0.5) | 76.0 (0.6) | 81.0 (0.8)a |
Mortality rate, no. (%) | |||
 Due to all causes | 1014 (23.0) | 723 (19.0) | 291 (38.0)a |
 Due to CVD | 235 (5.2) | 164 (4.4) | 71 (9.3)a |
 Due to cancer | 250 (5.6) | 188 (5.0) | 62 (8.1)a |
 Due to non-CVD and noncancer causes | 529 (12.0) | 371 (9.9) | 158 (21.0)a |
Time to death from baseline examination, mean (SE), mo | |||
 Due to all causes | 89.0 (1.4) | 90.0 (1.7) | 88.0 (2.4) |
 Due to CVD | 89.0 (2.9) | 87.0 (3.6) | 92 (4.7) |
 Due to cancer | 89.0 (2.6) | 92.0 (3.0) | 83 (4.4) |
 Due to non-CVD and noncancer causes | 90.0 (2.0) | 91.0 (2.4) | 87 (3.4) |
