Table 4.

Adjusted 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)	1a		1		1
Rather good	644 (64)			2.29 (1.24–4.23)c	.009	1.19 (0.94–1.51)d	.143
Poor	261 (26)	2.17 (1.42–3.31)†	<.001b	4.08 (2.14–7.77)‡	<.001	1.62 (1.23–2.13)d	<.001
Objective health status (n = 962)
Good	451 (47)	1		1		1
Moderate	363 (38)	1.62 (1.06–2.48)e	.027	1.99 (1.53–2.60)e	<.001	1.62 (1.40–1.87)e	<.001
Poor	148 (15)	4.13 (2.67–6.40)e	<.001	4.20 (3.12–5.66)e	<.001	2.91 (2.40–3.54)e	<.001

^aCategories “rather good” and “good” are combined for statistical analyses because of the lack of deceased among subjects with a good self-rated health

^bAdjusted for variables associated with 5-year mortality: gender, education, need for daily help, having someone (relative) who helps when needed, smoking, weight change, ability to walk 500 m, comorbidity, and life satisfaction, (n = 882)

^cAdjusted for variables associated with 10-year mortality: gender, education, need for daily help, having someone (relative) who helps when needed, smoking, weight change, ability to walk 500 m, feelings of depression, and life satisfaction, (n = 910)

^dAdjusted for variables associated with 27-year mortality: gender, need for daily help, having someone (relative) who helps when needed, smoking, weight change, ability to walk 500 m, falls, feeling of depression, and life satisfaction, (n = 908)

^eAdjusted for gender