Timing and Predictors of Early Mortality among a Cohort of American Men from the National Survey of Adolescent Males

Laura Hinson, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Jacinda K. Dariotis, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Joseph H. Pleck, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Arik V. Marcell, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Mark Emerson, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Why do some men die at younger ages than other men, and what are the predictors from adolescence of mortality? This analysis estimates the timing and cause of death for males using National Survey of Adolescent Males data. Deaths in the sample are enumerated, confirmed, and their causes reported. Mortality between 1988 and 2009 is regressed on social, demographic and behavioral variables collected during the first round of data collection in 1988. Results from a weighted life table and the cox proportional hazards regression are presented.