Characteristics of the men according to retirement type (proportion and per cent unless stated otherwise)
| All | Old age retirement | Early old age retirement | Pension benefit package | Unemployment retirement | Disability retirement | P value* | |
| n (%) | 1324 | 507 (37.1) | 288 (21.1) | 251 (18.4) | 103 (7.5) | 175 (12.8) | |
| Old age characteristics assessed in the year 2000 (n=1324) | |||||||
| Age in years, mean (SD) | 73.3 (4.1) | 74.6 (4.0) | 72.9 (4.0) | 72.5 (3.9) | 71.4 (3.1) | 72.6 (4.1) | <0.001 |
| Cardiovascular disease, n (%) | 812 (59.4) | 307 (60.6) | 159 (55.2) | 155 (61.8) | 47 (45.6) | 124 (70.9) | <0.001 |
| Diabetes, n (%) | 113 (8.6) | 35 (6.9) | 22 (7.6) | 26 (10.4) | 7 (6.8) | 23 (13.1) | 0.018 |
| Smoking status, n (%) (n=1322) | 0.371 | ||||||
| Current smoker | 106 (8.0) | 35 (6.9) | 19 (6.6) | 27 (10.8) | 10 (9.7) | 15 (8.6) | |
| Quit smoking | 719 (54.8) | 269 (53.3) | 160 (55.6) | 129 (51.4) | 59 (57.3) | 102 (58.3) | |
| Never smoked | 497 (37.2) | 201 (39.8) | 109 (37.8) | 95 (37.8) | 34 (33.0) | 58 (33.1) | |
| Alcohol consumption, n (%) (n=1040) | <0.001 | ||||||
| None | 153 (14.7) | 68 (16.9) | 30 (12.9) | 23 (11.3) | 11 (13.1) | 21 (17.8) | |
| Light | 448 (43.1) | 176 (43.8) | 114 (48.9) | 79 (38.9) | 36 (42.9) | 43 (36.4) | |
| Moderate | 234 (22.5) | 103 (25.6) | 39 (16.7) | 47 (23.2) | 18 (21.4) | 27 (22.9) | |
| High | 205 (19.7) | 55 (13.7) | 50 (21.5) | 54 (26.6) | 19 (22.6) | 27 (22.9) | |
| Age at retirement (n=1284) | |||||||
| In years, mean (SD) | 61.3 (4.3) | 63.5 (3.6) | 61.0 (3.7) | 60.6 (3.7) | 59.1 (3.7) | 57.7 (4.4) | <0.001 |
| Categorised age at retirement, n (%) (n=1284) | <0.001 | ||||||
| ≥70 years | 23 (1.8) | 14 (2.9) | 4 (1.4) | 5 (2.0) | 0 | 0 | |
| 68–69 years | 15 (1.2) | 11 (2.3) | 1 (0.4) | 2 (0.8) | 0 | 1 (0.6) | |
| 66–67 years | 52 (4.1) | 40 (8.2) | 5 (1.8) | 7 (2.9) | 0 | 0 | |
| 64–65 years | 273 (21.3) | 204 (41.8) | 35 (12.5) | 21 (8.6) | 6 (6.0) | 7 (4.1) | |
| 62–63 years | 292 (22.8) | 126 (25.8) | 82 (29.2) | 45 (18.4) | 15 (15.0) | 24 (14.0) | |
| 60–61 years | 321 (24.9) | 69 (14.1) | 85 (30.2) | 90 (36.9) | 38 (38.0) | 39 (22.8) | |
| 58–59 years | 127 (9.9) | 11 (2.3) | 41 (14.6) | 37 (15.2) | 13 (13.0) | 25 (14.6) | |
| 56–57 years | 87 (6.8) | 3 (0.6) | 17 (6.0) | 20 (8.2) | 17 (17.0) | 30 (17.5) | |
| ≤55 years | 94 (7.3) | 10 (2.0) | 11 (3.9) | 17 (7.0) | 11 (11.0) | 45 (26.3) | |
| Frailty assessed in the year 2000, n (%) (n=1324) | <0.001 | ||||||
| Non-frail | 496 (37.5) | 177 (34.9) | 108 (37.5) | 123 (49.0) | 44 (42.7) | 44 (25.1) | |
| Prefrail | 686 (51.8) | 281 (55.4) | 152 (52.8) | 110 (43.8) | 49 (47.6) | 94 (53.7) | |
| Frail | 142 (10.7) | 49 (9.7) | 28 (9.7) | 18 (7.2) | 10 (9.7) | 37 (21.1) | |
| Stressfulness of work career, assessed in the year 2003 (n=972) | <0.001 | ||||||
| 0 (high stress) to 10 (no stress) | 5.3 (2.8) | 5.7 (2.9) | 5.2 (2.8) | 4.9 (2.7) | 5.7 (3.0) | 4.6 (2.7) | |
*P for difference in means/distributions between groups.