Four Years Mortality Experience of a Segment of the United States Working Population

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Abstract
The mortality experience during 1956-1959 of a sample of 264, 272 white males between the ages of 20 and 64 who were employed in 1955 in industries covered by the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance system is analyzed in this report. The number of quarters of covered employment in 1955, the reported 1955 earnings, insured status, and age are related to survivorship and the cause of mortality as reported on death certificates. The survivorship in this sample of workers is found to be slightly better than that of the general USA population of white males. A relationship between work experience and earnings in 1955 and mortality during 1956-1959 seems to be presence, with those with a full year''s coverage having lower subsequent mortality and those with low earnings having higher subsequent mortality.