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Table 5 Sensitivity (Se) and Specificity (Spe) results on the NCDS 58 sample (n = 7,043)

From: Toward a conceptual framework of health and its operational definition: an application in the 1958 British birth cohort

  

(A) Mortality 44y-58y

(B) Self-rated health 46y

Se

95% CI

Spe

95% CI

Se

95% CI

Spe

95% CI

AL

Low; Medium/High

74%

[67; 80]

45%

[44; 47]

70%

[67; 72]

49%

[48; 50]

CIS-r

No mental disorder; Common mental disorder

17%

[12; 23]

89%

[89; 90]

27%

[25; 29]

94%

[93; 94]

CWP

No; Yes

34%

[28; 41]

72%

[71; 73]

46%

[44; 49]

77%

[76; 78]

Overall health measure

Optimal; Medium/Impaired

81%

[74; 86]

31%

[30; 32]

86%

[85; 88]

35%

[34; 37]