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. 2021 Feb 23;13:100758. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100758

Table 4.

Proportion of remaining life spent without severe limitations (H-Ratio) in mental (MCS) and physical health (PCS) at different time-periods.

MCS
Men
Women

2002/04
2010/12
2016/18
2002/04
2010/12
2016/18
Age
H-Ratio
95%CI
H-Ratio
95%CI
H-Ratio
95%CI
p
H-Ratio
95%CI
H-Ratio
95%CI
H-Ratio
95%CI
p
lower upper lower upper lower upper lower upper lower upper lower upper
30 84.47 83.79 85.15 84.99 84.26 85.71 88.21 87.57 88.85 ** 77.72 77.01 78.43 79.82 79.07 80.57 83.45 82.76 84.14 ***
35 84.49 83.84 85.13 85.02 84.34 85.70 88.31 87.70 88.93 * 77.91 77.22 78.59 79.98 79.28 80.69 83.46 82.79 84.12 ***
40 84.52 83.89 85.14 85.21 84.58 85.83 88.53 87.94 89.12 * 78.31 77.65 78.98 79.93 79.26 80.59 83.42 82.77 84.07 ***
45 84.49 83.88 85.09 85.46 84.87 86.05 88.69 88.12 89.26 * 78.63 77.99 79.28 79.96 79.32 80.60 83.84 83.21 84.48 **
50 84.79 84.21 85.37 85.98 85.42 86.55 89.02 88.47 89.57 * 78.66 78.03 79.29 80.09 79.47 80.70 84.03 83.42 84.65 **
55 85.28 84.72 85.84 85.92 85.39 86.46 89.32 88.79 89.85 ns 78.51 77.90 79.12 81.05 80.46 81.65 84.48 83.88 85.08 **
60 84.86 84.32 85.40 86.59 86.08 87.10 89.79 89.28 90.30 ns 77.90 77.33 78.48 80.99 80.42 81.56 84.87 84.28 85.45 **
65 84.55 84.02 85.09 86.38 85.89 86.87 90.55 90.06 91.04 ns 77.08 76.53 77.64 80.51 79.96 81.05 85.15 84.58 85.72 **
70 82.64 82.10 83.19 85.19 84.72 85.66 90.40 89.92 90.88 * 75.02 74.48 75.56 79.40 78.88 79.92 84.51 83.96 85.06 **
75 80.12 79.55 80.69 83.56 83.08 84.04 89.03 88.57 89.50 ns 73.00 72.48 73.51 77.46 76.95 77.98 83.03 82.51 83.56 *
80 76.93 76.30 77.55 82.55 82.04 83.06 87.85 87.36 88.34 ns 70.42 69.91 70.94 73.63 73.12 74.14 82.55 82.02 83.07 *
85 68.87 68.11 69.63 78.62 78.02 79.22 87.10 86.54 87.65 ns 64.25 63.69 64.81 74.18 73.64 74.72 81.19 80.64 81.75 ns
90+
61.21
60.25
62.18
83.18
82.39
83.98
86.34
85.59
87.09
ns
57.06
56.45
57.67
69.64
68.95
70.32
81.85
81.21
82.49
ns
PCS
Men Women
2002/04 2010/12 2016/18 2002/04 2010/12 2016/18
Age H-Ratio 95%CI H-Ratio 95%CI H-Ratio 95%CI p H-Ratio 95%CI H-Ratio 95%CI H-Ratio 95%CI p


lower
upper

lower
upper

lower
upper


lower
upper

lower
upper

lower
upper

30 77.62 76.99 78.25 77.66 76.97 78.36 78.90 78.31 79.49 ns 71.09 70.45 71.73 71.91 71.23 72.60 72.12 71.52 72.72 ns
35 75.51 74.92 76.09 75.62 74.99 76.25 77.06 76.50 77.62 ns 68.60 68.00 69.20 69.53 68.90 70.16 70.16 69.59 70.73 ns
40 72.90 72.34 73.45 73.11 72.54 73.68 74.94 74.42 75.47 ns 65.81 65.24 66.39 66.82 66.24 67.40 67.82 67.27 68.37 ns
45 69.87 69.35 70.40 70.58 70.06 71.10 72.82 72.32 73.32 ns 62.89 62.35 63.44 63.96 63.41 64.50 65.29 64.77 65.81 ns
50 66.57 66.07 67.07 67.66 67.18 68.15 70.71 70.24 71.19 * 59.49 58.97 60.01 60.87 60.36 61.38 62.67 62.17 63.17 *
55 63.30 62.83 63.77 64.44 63.99 64.89 68.32 67.87 68.77 ** 55.58 55.09 56.07 57.76 57.28 58.24 59.78 59.30 60.26 *
60 59.78 59.34 60.22 61.84 61.42 62.25 65.60 65.17 66.02 ** 51.49 51.04 51.94 54.68 54.23 55.13 56.96 56.50 57.42 **
65 57.02 56.59 57.45 59.66 59.27 60.05 64.46 64.06 64.87 ** 47.12 46.70 47.54 51.12 50.70 51.53 54.00 53.57 54.43 **
70 52.31 51.89 52.74 55.03 54.67 55.39 62.14 61.75 62.53 *** 42.69 42.30 43.09 41.49 41.11 41.88 49.76 49.35 50.16 **
75 48.78 48.35 49.22 49.68 49.33 50.04 56.69 56.33 57.05 * 37.66 37.29 38.02 41.07 40.71 41.44 44.90 44.53 45.28 *
80 41.72 41.26 42.18 43.90 43.54 44.26 49.95 49.59 50.31 ns 32.45 32.10 32.80 35.09 34.75 35.44 39.44 39.08 39.80 ns
85 36.82 36.27 37.38 33.81 33.43 34.20 45.46 45.06 45.86 ns 28.56 28.19 28.93 31.43 31.08 31.78 37.04 36.67 37.41 ns
90+ 34.56 33.83 35.28 22.36 21.95 22.77 42.93 42.40 43.46 ns 22.67 22.28 23.05 29.73 29.28 30.18 30.13 29.74 30.52 ns

Notes: Health-Ratio = H-LE/LE = proportion of life spent without severe limitations in mental/physical health, 95%CI = confidence interval of 95%, p = significant change in H-Ratio between first (2002/4) and last time-point (2016/18): *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001, ns = not significant (p > 0.05).