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Table 3 Survival for olympic athletes by event

From: Differences in life expectancy between olympic high jumpers, discus throwers, marathon and 100 meter runners

 

Marathon

100-m

High Jump

Discus

P value

Males

 Obs. Survival

45.4 ± 17.3

45.2 ± 17.3

51.7 ± 14.8

43.6 ± 14.2

0.03

 Expected

40.7 ± 5.8

46.1 ± 4.9

48.0 ± 4.1

44.3 ± 4.7

<0.0001

 Obs-Exp

4.7 ± 16.1

–0.9 ± 18.3

3.7 ± 14.9

–0.6 ± 13.9

0.13

Females

 Obs. Survival

N/A

55.6 ± 17.8

64.2 ± 12.5

60.6 ± 12.1

0.06

 Expected

N/A

57.2 ± 3.4

57.1 ± 3.9

53.9 ± 4.2

<0.0001

 Obs-Exp

N/A

–1.6 ± 17

7.1 ± 13.4

6.9 ± 12.3

0.01

  1. Observed (obs) -Expected (exp) is the average difference for individuals and many not equal the difference in averages of observed and expected due in part to rounding