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Table 1 Study population (n and %) and deaths for men and women (n and cumulative incidences - Risk), by variables analyzed, measured at stage 1. Pró-Saúde Study, 1999

From: Association between self-rated health and mortality: 10 years follow-up to the Pró-Saúdecohort study

Variables

Total population (N = 4009)

Deaths (N = 117)

P-value (log-rank*)

 

n (%)

Men (N = 70)

Women (N = 47)

Men

Women

 

n (Risk)

n (Risk)

Self-rated health

Very good

1132 (28.2)

14 (0.026)

3 (0.005)

< 0.001

< 0.001

Good

2131 (53.2)

30 (0.031)

16 (0.014)

  

Fair/Poor

746 (18.6)

26 (0.096)

28 (0.059)

  

Age

< 35

1121 (28.0)

2 (0.004)

4 (0.007)

< 0.001

< 0.001

35-44

1734 (43.2)

19 (0.026)

14 (0.014)

  

45-54

877 (21.9)

30 (0.077)

12 (0.024)

  

> 54

277 (6.9)

19 (0.176)

17 (0.101)

  

Sex

Female

2228 (55.6)

-

-

-

-

Male

1781 (44.4)

-

-

  

Schooling §

University

1604 (40.5)

13 (0.022)

7 (0.007)

< 0.001

< 0.001

Secondary

1422 (35.9)

21 (0.031)

20 (0.027)

  

Fundamental

936 (23.6)

35 (0.071)

19 (0.043)

  

Per capita family income (terciles. US$)

515–3236

1097 (29.1)

12 (0.027)

6 (0.009)

0.006

< 0.001

245–514

1615 (42.9)

18 (0.027)

15 (0.016)

  

16–244

1057 (28.0)

32 (0.058)

21 (0.041)

  

Chronic disease ∞

No disease

2956 (73.9)

37 (0.028)

18 (0.011)

< 0.001

< 0.001

At least one

1045 (26.1)

33 (0.075)

29 (0.048)

  

Smoking Δ

Currently not smoking

2934 (75.9)

33 (0.026)

33 (0.020)

< 0.001

0.53

Currently smoking

932 (24.1)

36 (0.081)

12 (0.025)

  

BMI †

< 25

1823 (46.5)

26 (0.037)

18 (0.016)

0.23

0.02

25–29.9

1444 (36.7)

27 (0.035)

13 (0.019)

  

≥ 30

662 (16.8)

16 (0.057)

15 (0.039)

  

Race Ψ

White

2076 (52.4)

33 (0.035)

17 (0.015)

0.62

0.05

Pardo (Mulatto)

1164 (29.4)

22 (0.039)

13 (0.021)

  

Black

620 (15.7)

12 (0.055)

13 (0.032)

  

Others**

100 (2.5)

2 (0.045)

3 (0.054)

  

Common Mental Disorders Ø

Absent

2620 (69.3)

45 (0.035)

24 (0.018)

0.23

0.39

Present

1162 (30.7)

19 (0.048)

18 (0.023)

  

Marital Status

Married

2383 (61.0)

48 (0.039)

16 (0.014)

0.19

0.03

Separated

610 (15.6)

9 (0.051)

15 (0.035)

  

Widowed

115 (2.9)

2 (0.118)

4 (0.041)

  

Single

801 (20.5)

9 (0.027)

9 (0.019)

  
  1. *p < 0,15 (used as criterion to select variables for the Cox models).
  2. **Asian (n = 60) and Indigenous (n = 40).
  3. Not answered (n): § = 47, ‡ = 240, ∞ = 8, Δ = 143, † = 80, Ψ = 49, Ø = 227, € = 100.