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Table 2 Sample Size and Mortality in the GSS-NDI by Survey Wave

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

Wave

N

N Dead

% Dead

1978

1,509

689

45.7

1980

1,274

583

45.8

1982

1,715

746

43.5

1983

1,349

550

40.7

1984

1,411

552

39.1

1985

1,439

632

43.9

1986

1,363

558

40.9

1987

1,725

626

36.9

1988

1,451

513

35.4

1989

1,486

497

33.5

1990

1,346

427

31.7

1991

1,486

454

30.5

1993

1,547

338

21.9

1994

2,949

587

19.9

1996

2,835

478

16.9

1998

2,712

404

14.9

2000

2,650

357

13.5

2002

2,583

280

10.8

All Waves

32,830

9,271

28.2