Table 3

Percentage with good or excellent health, daily smoking, body mass index 30 kg/m2 or higher and percentage scoring 1.85 or higher on the HSCL scale in The Oslo Health Study 2000–2001. Number answering the question (N), crude- and weighted percentages according to the inverse of the probabilities of participation from logistic regression models. All men and women aged 30, 40, 45, 59 and 60 years of age.





Weighted percent


N
Crude percent
(95% CI)
Model 1*
Model 2**
Reporting good or excellent health
Men





     30
1813
90.3
(89.0–91.7)
89.6
90.3
     40+45
2899
80.0
(78.6–81.5)
78.8
78.3
     59–60
2075
72.5
(70.6–74.5)
71.5
69.9

6787
80.5
(79.6–81.4)
80.5
80.2
Women





     30
2257
85.7
(84.3–87.2)
84.9
84.8
     40+45
3607
77.8
(76.5–79.2)
76.9
76.4
     59–60
2307
64.5
(62.5–66.4)
63.4
61.9

8171
76.2
(75.3–77.1)
76.3
75.6
Daily smokers
Men





     30
1813
22.9
(21.0–24.8)
23.8
23.9
     40+45
2903
32.0
(30.3–33.7)
33.6
34.5
     59–60
2094
25.9
(24.0–27.8)
26.7
28.0

6810
27.7
(26.6–28.8)
28.7
29.4
Women





     30
2250
22.5
(20.8–24.3)
22.6
23.1
     40+45
3610
32.9
(31.4–34.4)
33.3
33.4
     59–60
2312
25.0
(23.2–26.7)
25.5
26.4

8172
27.8
(26.8–28.8)
27.9
28.4
Body mass index 30 kg/m2 or higher
Men





     30
1801
11.1
(9.6–12.6)
11.3
10.9
     40+45
2848
14.3
(13.0–15.6)
14.6
13.9
     59–60
2039
18.6
(16.9–20.3)
18.8
18.5

6688
14.8
(13.9–15.7)
14.5
14.1
Women





     30
2204
9.1
(7.9–10.3)
9.7
9.7
     40+45
3556
13.5
(12.4–14.6)
14.3
14.5
     59–60
2291
17.9
(16.3–19.5)
18.5
19.2

8051
13.5
(12.8–14.2)
13.8
14.1
HSCL 1.85 or higher
Men





     30
1755
5.9
(4.8–7.0)
6.4
6.4
     40+45
2736
10.3
(9.2–11.4)
10.7
11.7
     59–60
1952
7.6
(6.4–8.8)
7.8
8.7

6443
8.3
(7.6–9.0)
8.6
9.2
Women





     30
2166
10.6
(9.3–11.9)
10.6
11.2
     40+45
3452
13.4
(12.3–14.5)
13.8
14.5
     59–60
2120
15.5
(14.0–17.0)
16.3
17.4

7738
13.2
(12.4–14.0)
13.3
14.1

*Model 1: Age, sex and education **Model 2: Age, sex, education, marital status, residential region, total income and disability benefit

Søgaard et al. International Journal for Equity in Health 2004 3:3   doi:10.1186/1475-9276-3-3