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Table 3 Sample Size and Mortality for Selected GSS Subgroups

From: The general social survey-national death index: an innovative new dataset for the social sciences

 

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