Table 3:

Mean age at interview and age at death by food insecurity

CharacteristicAge at interview among individuals who did not die before age 83 by Dec 31, 2017 ± SEAge at interview among individuals who died before age 83 ± SEAge at death among individuals who died before age 83 ± SE
TotalMean age45.4 ± 0.0863.2 ± 0.0768.1 ± 0.02
No. of persons484 55025 46025 460
Food-secureMean age46.0 ± 0.0864.1 ± 0.0868.9 ± 0.02
No. of persons430 64022 25022 250
Marginally food-insecureMean age39.9 ± 0.4359.7 ± 0.4364.4 ± 0.09
No. of persons17 465905905
Moderately food-insecureMean age40.4 ± 0.3557.9 ± 0.3562.7 ± 0.08
No. of persons24 22013801380
Severely food-insecureMean age41.0 ± 0.4054.8 ± 0.4159.5 ± 0.09
No. of persons12 225925925

  • Note: SE = standard error.

  • Numbers of persons were rounded to the nearest integer of 5.