Table 2.

Generalized linear model results comparing subjective and objective measurement methods of health in the United States in 1970–2018.

Health status	Subjective method		Objective method
Health determinants	Absence from work due to illness	Perception of Good health	Life expectancy at birth	Mortality rate
Tobacco consumption	Coef (std. err.): 0.199 (0.130)	−0.010 (0.014)	−0.011 (0.006)	−0.013 (0.0511)
	P. value: 0.127	0.470	0.075*	0.791
Alcohol consumption	Coef (std. err.): – 0.116 (0.304)	0.067 (0.040)	0.0149 (0.014)	−0.096 (0.119)
	P. value: 0.703	0.100*	0.317	0.418
Physicians per 1000 persons	Coef (std. err.): 0.042 (0.173)	−0.006 (0.017)	−0.013 (0.008)	0.048 (0.068)
	P. value: 0.808	0.688	0.110	0.476
Stay in hospitalization units	Coef (std. err.): 0.747 (0.225)	0.045 (0.070)	−0.054 (0.011)	0.200 (0.088)
	P. value: 0.001***	0.516	0.0001***	0.023**
Available beds in curative care	Coef (std. err.): – 1.153 (0.330)	−0.106 (0.039)	0.030 (0.016)	−0.260 (0.129)
	P. value: 0.0001***	0.008***	0.060*	0.045**
Per capita GDP	Coef (std. err.): 0.187 (0.095)	0.006 (0.021)	0.023 (0.004)	−0.040 (0.037)
	P. value: 0.050**	0.762	0.0001***	0.273
Urbanization	Coef (std. err.): – 1.167 (1.289)	0.358 (0.630)	0.013 (0.063)	0.237 (0.504)
	P. value: 0.365	0.570	0.831	0.638
Carbon dioxide emission	Coef (std. err.): 0.568 (0.255)	0.121 (0.042)	−0.018 (0.012)	0.004 (0.043)
	P. value: 0.026**	0.004***	0.129	0.912

^***P ≤ 0.01,

^**P ≤ 0.05,

^*P ≤ 0.10; In bold, significant P value.