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Age at retirement and long term survival of an industrial population
— prospective cohort study | | Author(s) | Shan P Tsai, Judy K Wendt, Robin P Donnelly |
| Journal title | British Medical Journal, vol 331, no 7523, 29 October 2005 |
| Pages | pp 995-997 |
| Source | http://www.bmj.com |
| Keywords | Retirement age ; Longevity ; Oil industry ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | There is a widespread perception that early retirement is associated with longer life expectancy, and that later retirement is associated with early death. No consensus has been reached on the comparative survival or mortality of people who retire early or late. Subjects of this long-term study were past employees of Shell Oil in the US who retired at ages 55, 60 and 65 between 1973 and 2003. Those who retired early at 55 and who were still alive at 65 had a significantly higher mortality than those who retired at 65. Mortality was also significantly higher for subjects in the first 10 years after retirement at 55 compared to those who continued working. After adjustment, mortality was similar between those who retired at 60 and those who retired at 65. Mortality did not differ for the first 5 years after retirement at 60 compared with continuing work at 60. Thus, based on the evidence for this American cohort of petrochemical industry employees, early retirement at 55 or 60 is not associated with increased survival. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-051108204 A |
| Classmark | G5A: BGA: XA: 3J: 7T * |
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