Table 3.

Unadjusted hazard ratios (HR) and their 95% confidence intervals (CI) (in parentheses) of self-rated health and objective health status for all-cause mortality among home-dwelling 70-year-old people during the 5-, 10- and 27-year follow-up

		5-year follow-up		10-year follow-up		27-year follow-up
Self-rated health (n = 1008)	n (%)	HR (95% CI)	P-value	HR (95% CI)	P-value	HR (95% CI)	P-value
Good	103 (10)	1		1		1
Rather good	644 (64)	2.60 (0.95–7.13)	.064	1.79 (1.07–2.99)	.026	1.23 (0.99–1.53)	.067
Poor	261 (26)	7.89 (2.88–21.61)	<.001	4.59 (2.73–7.70)	<.001	2.01 (1.58–2.56)	<.001
Objective health status (n = 962)
Good	451 (47)	1		1		1
Moderate	363 (38)	1.60 (1.05–2.45)	<.001	1.93 (1.48–2.52)	<.001	1.50 (1.30–1.74)	<.001
Poor	148 (15)	3.98 (2.57–6.16)	.030	3.85 (2.86–5.18)	<.001	2.57 (2.12–3.12)	<.001