Adolescents' health and health behaviour as predictors of injury death. A prospective cohort follow-up of 652,530 person-years

Table 1 Age, number, and response rates of 72,378 Finns in 1979–2001.

Age at follow-up in 2001 (years)	Age at baseline (years)	Baseline year	Number of participants		Response rate (%)
			Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls
37	14	1979	564	535	86	91
39	16		528	577	83	91
41	18		528	512	78	86
35	14	1981	488	548	87	92
37	16		535	529	85	92
39	18		518	524	81	88
33	14	1983	429	482	79	86
35	16		414	511	75	91
	18		-*	-*	-	-
31	14	1985	395	433	75	88
33	16		455	499	77	87
35	18		408	470	67	83
29	14	1987	1,674	1,789	81	89
31	16		1,383	1,479	80	89
33	18		1,012	1,274	74	89
27	14	1989	360	431	75	90
29	16		362	380	70	82
31	18		326	407	63	80
25	14	1991	1,629	1,837	74	87
27	16		1,562	1,912	71	87
29	18		1,286	1,626	61	82
23	14	1993	1,861	2,008	75	88
25	16		1,655	1,943	71	87
27	18		1,460	1,791	67	84
21	14	1995	1,177	1,301	75	85
23	16		1,232	1,469	72	88
25	18		1,071	1,313	67	86
19	14	1997	1,168	1,346	69	84
21	16		1,126	1,379	68	87
23	18		1,088	1,414	60	83
		Total	26688	30719	72	87

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