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Table 1 Cohorts

From: Effects of self-rated health on sick leave, disability pension, hospital admissions and mortality. A population-based longitudinal study of nearly 15,000 observations among Swedish women and men

Sub-populations

Investigation

Sex

Age range

Sample size

Responders

Response rate

Investigation procedure

 

Year

Place

  

n

n

%

 

Men born in 1913

1973

Gothenburg

men

60

1,009

830

82.3

Q + ME

 

1980

Gothenburg

men

67

923

707

76.6

Q + ME

 

1988

Gothenburg

men

75

702

463

66.0

Q + ME

 

1993

Gothenburg

men

80

447

272

60.9

Q + ME

Men born in 1923

1973

Gothenburg

men

50

292

226

77.4

Q + ME

 

1980

Gothenburg

men

57

278

188

67.6

Q + ME

 

1988

Gothenburg

men

65

265

162

61.1

Q + ME

 

1993

Gothenburg

men

70

226

143

63.3

Q + ME

Eskil

1986

Eskilstuna

men

30-54

625

459

73.4

PQ

Public Health Cohort

1993

Uppsala

women

25-99

2,999

2,249

75.0

PQ

men

25-94

3,001

2,156

71.8

Beda II

1997

Gothenburg

women

56-82

994

908

91.3

Q + ME

Uppsala-Örebro Women Study

1995

Uppsala

women

35-64

4,200

2,991

71.2

PQ

Men born in 1943

1993

Gothenburg

men

50

1,463

798

54.5

Q + ME

 

2003

Gothenburg

men

60

749

655

87.4

Q + ME

Men and women born in 1953

2003

Gothenburg

women

50

994

668

67.2

PQ

men

993

595

59.9

Total

    

20,160

14,470

71.8

 
  1. Q + ME= questionnaires + medical examination, PQ=postal questionnaire.
  2. Characteristics of the study population cohorts.