Table 2.

Secular Trends in Self-Assessed Health, Selected Subcategories Among 38-, 50-, 70–75-Year-Old Women from 1992–1993 to 2017–2017

38 Years	Year of Birth	n	M	95% CI	p
Social functioning	1954	69	91.5	87.7–95.3	0.001
	1966	202	85.6	82.6–88.6
	1978	262	81.3	78.6–83.8
Mental health	1954	69	78.3	74.3–82.4	0.012
	1966	201	76.3	73.7–78.9
	1978	262	72.4	70.4–74.5
Vitality	1954	69	66.7	62.0–71.5	<0.0001
	1966	201	60.5	57.5–63.5
	1978	262	53.4	50.9–55.9
General health	1954	69	82	77.7–86.3	<0.0001
	1966	201	78.5	75.9–81.1
	1978	261	71.8	69.5–74.2
Mental component summary	1954	68	48.8	46.3–51.3	0.001
	1966	199	46.5	44.9–48
	1978	255	43.7	42.4–45.1
50 years
Physical functioning	1942	99	83.5	79.4–87.7	0.002
	1954	289	87.8	85.6–89.8
	1966	306	90.2	88.6–91.7
Vitality	1942	99	64.6	59.8–69.4	0.011
	1954	287	60.6	58.0–63.2
	1966	305	57.0	54.4–59.7
70–75 years
Physical role	1922	285	68.7	8.4 (2.1-14.7)	0.009
	1930	248	77.1
Emotional role	1922	285	72.9	9.7 (3.6-15.6)	0.002
	1930	246	82.6