Table 1.
Descriptive characteristics of the dataset (Swiss National Cohort and Swiss Health Interview Survey, Switzerland, 1990–2014)
| Swiss National Cohort (SNC) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990–1994 | 1995–1999 | 2000–2004 | 2005–2009 | 2010–2014 | |
| Person-years (mio) | 17.23 | 22.10 | 23.52 | 24.20 | 26.36 |
| Age (mean) | 52.80 | 53.06 | 53.36 | 54.44 | 54.61 |
| Sex (%) | |||||
| Males | 47.90 | 48.11 | 47.95 | 48.02 | 48.52 |
| Females | 52.10 | 51.89 | 52.05 | 51.98 | 51.48 |
| Education (%) | |||||
| Compulsory | 31.02 | 27.57 | 24.42 | 22.34 | 19.38 |
| Secondary | 49.47 | 51.72 | 52.07 | 53.48 | 46.57 |
| Tertiary | 18.49 | 19.95 | 21.86 | 22.11 | 18.21 |
| Unknown | 1.01 | 0.75 | 1.65 | 2.08 | 15.84 |
| Swiss Health Interview Survey (SHIS) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1997 | 2002 | 2007 | 2012 | |
| Sample size | 11,676 | 10,333 | 16,835 | 15,811 | 17,296 |
| Survey participation rate (%) | 70.8 | 68.8 | 63.9 | 66.3 | 53.1 |
| Suboptimal health, weighted (%) | 4.13 | 4.20 | 3.90 | 4.78 | 5.06 |