Table 3. Subjective assessment of health as good or very good: prevalences and 95% confidence intervals, 1973–2008.

	1973		1994		2004/08 (weighted)
	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men
Overall (%)	36.7 (34.3–39.2)	51.1 (48.2–53.9)	35.6 (32.4–38.8)	44.3 (40.7–47.9)	49.3 (44.7–53.9)	45.0 (40.4–49.5)
Age-adjusted* (%)	32.5	46.2	29.9	39.4	49.3	45.0
Number of respondents	2028	1575	1174	981	620	626

^*Reference distribution: Rural Health Study, 2004/08