Table 1.

Sample numbers for 10-year adult age group, cohort, country and gender

	Cohort	Resp rate (%)	20–29	30–39	40–49	50–59	60–69	70–79	80–89
Belgium	2002	59.2	296	325	358	286	200	142	59
	2008	58.9	243	279	317	311	225	159	70
Denmark	2002	67.6	206	283	252	295	200	105	46
	2008	53.9	154	245	298	295	299	143	61
Finland	2002	73.2	309	289	360	379	239	183	53
	2008	68.4	314	306	375	387	350	206	98
France	2002	43.1	239	284	245	247	200	156	58
	2008	49.4	251	376	354	358	288	212	114
Germany	2002	55.7	334	516	579	457	470	256	86
	2008	48.0	330	357	594	524	416	282	90
Ireland	2002	64.5	340	366	363	391	246	171	49
	2008	51.6	227	386	284	286	251	179	60
The Netherlands	2002	67.9	226	502	471	426	330	218	80
	2008	49.8	203	301	337	328	267	184	76
Norway	2002	65.0	299	438	405	370	212	159	64
	2008	60.4	187	301	295	273	202	112	45
Spain	2002	53.2	222	339	256	230	246	226	95
	2008	66.8	416	488	458	337	318	275	118
Sweden	2002	69.5	287	395	316	367	239	164	81
	2008	62.2	255	306	294	274	285	191	86
Switzerland	2002	33.5	188	455	409	337	281	177	75
	2008	49.9	249	324	351	281	250	192	92
UK	2002	55.5	241	405	334	339	280	244	89
	2008	55.8	303	398	452	356	340	243	123
Male total	2002		1534	2208	2105	2006	1593	1015	329
	2008		1549	1970	2096	1997	1747	1089	413
Female total	2002		1649	2388	2242	2117	1549	1184	504
	2008		1583	2097	2313	2013	1744	1289	620
Total sample	2002		3187	4597	4348	4124	3143	2201	835
	2008		3132	4067	4409	4010	3491	2378	1033

Resp rate response rate