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Table 1

Observations by year of appointment

		Appointments With Known Age^{^b}
	All Appointments^{^a}		Mean Age at:			University Appointments		Academy Appointments
Year	N	N	Appointment	Death	Death Observed (%)	Total	Medicine (%)	Total	Medicine (%)
<1400	217	46	37.5	63.3	97.8	46	2.2	0	—
1400–1449	616	87	32.5	64.2	98.9	87	8.0	0	—
1450–1499	607	162	33.0	62.5	97.5	162	6.2	0	—
1500–1549	770	349	32.3	60.5	98.6	349	8.0	0	—
1550–1599	998	719	33.3	60.6	97.4	719	11.7	0	—
1600–1649	1,085	893	34.0	58.8	96.9	891	10.7	2	100.0
1650–1699	1,662	1,458	33.9	60.2	96.9	1,213	7.9	245	84.5
1700–1749	2,401	2,194	34.8	62.0	97.9	1,497	7.5	697	42.0
1750–1799	3,468	3,228	35.7	64.1	97.1	1,556	11.6	1,672	28.9
1800–1849	4,506	4,306	37.6	67.0	98.6	1,516	17.2	2,790	20.0
1850–1899	5,920	5,802	38.2	69.2	98.2	2,187	22.2	3,615	19.6
1900–1929	5,845	5,730	40.3	72.0	92.5	2,962	26.9	2,768	18.6
≥1930	3,081	2,868	53.9	76.9	92.6	1,258	24.6	1,610	25.7
All	31,176	27,842	39.0	67.8	96.2	14,443	17.1	13,399	23.7

		Appointments With Known Age^{^b}
	All Appointments^{^a}		Mean Age at:			University Appointments		Academy Appointments
Year	N	N	Appointment	Death	Death Observed (%)	Total	Medicine (%)	Total	Medicine (%)
<1400	217	46	37.5	63.3	97.8	46	2.2	0	—
1400–1449	616	87	32.5	64.2	98.9	87	8.0	0	—
1450–1499	607	162	33.0	62.5	97.5	162	6.2	0	—
1500–1549	770	349	32.3	60.5	98.6	349	8.0	0	—
1550–1599	998	719	33.3	60.6	97.4	719	11.7	0	—
1600–1649	1,085	893	34.0	58.8	96.9	891	10.7	2	100.0
1650–1699	1,662	1,458	33.9	60.2	96.9	1,213	7.9	245	84.5
1700–1749	2,401	2,194	34.8	62.0	97.9	1,497	7.5	697	42.0
1750–1799	3,468	3,228	35.7	64.1	97.1	1,556	11.6	1,672	28.9
1800–1849	4,506	4,306	37.6	67.0	98.6	1,516	17.2	2,790	20.0
1850–1899	5,920	5,802	38.2	69.2	98.2	2,187	22.2	3,615	19.6
1900–1929	5,845	5,730	40.3	72.0	92.5	2,962	26.9	2,768	18.6
≥1930	3,081	2,868	53.9	76.9	92.6	1,258	24.6	1,610	25.7
All	31,176	27,842	39.0	67.8	96.2	14,443	17.1	13,399	23.7

^a

Used in the analyses presented in Figure 3.

^b

Used in the analyses presented in Figures 4–7.