Health Table 1 - Golden Retriever Club of America

Table 1

Estimated Comparison of Age at Death of Golden Retrievers
1998 - 1999 Scientific Survey: 2012 Electronic Survey

1998-9 Scientific Health Survey Based on 548 deceased dogs			Electronic Survey: 1 Yr Results Based on 1529 (a) deceased dogs			Approximate change from 1998
Age	Number	% of deaths	Age	Number	% of deaths
0 – 2.9 Years	6	1.1%	0 – 2 Years	21	1.4%	No major change
3 – 7.9 Years	86	15.7%	2 – 5 Years	57	3.7%	No major change
8 – 12.9 Years	291	53.1%	5 – 10 Years	425	27.8%	No major change
			10 – 12 Years	436	28.5%	No major change
3 – 12.9 Yr Total (from above 2 age categories)	377	68.8%	2 – 12 Year Total (from above 3 categories)	918	60.0%	No major change
13+ Years	165	30.1%	12+ Years	590	38.6%	No major change

This number does not match the 1511 dogs reported as being deceased at the time of the survey; however, it is the number for which an age at the time of death was reported.
Age categories between the 1998 Survey and the 2012 Electronic survey do not match identically; therefore the categories with the closest approximations were compared.