Figure 1.
Potential Sources of a Discrepancy (and Concordance) between Self-Rated Health and Mortality Risk.
Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics, 1980–2002 General Social Survey-National Death Index Linkages with 2008 Mortality Follow-up (N = 23,307).
Figure 2.
Trends in Self-Rated Health, 1980 to 2002 General Social Survey.
Figure 3.
Self-Rated Health and Mortality Survival Curve, 1980–2008 General Social Survey.
Table 2.
Cox Regression of Self-Rated Health Predicting Mortality, General Social Survey-National Death Index Linkage with 2008 Mortality Follow-up.
Table 3.
Cox Regression of Self-Rated Health with Interactions Predicting Mortality, 1980–2002 General Social Survey-National Death Index Linkage with 2008 Mortality Follow-up.
Figure 4.
Interaction between Year and Self-Rated Health in Mortality Survival Curve, 1980–2008 General Social Survey.
Table 4.
Cox Regression of Self-Rated Health with Mechanisms Predicting Mortality, 1980–2002 General Social Survey-National Death Index Linkage with 2008 Mortality Follow-up.
Table 5.
Means and Cox Regression of Self-Rated Health Predicting Mortality including Interactions with Health Information Use and Source, 2000 and 2002 General Social Survey-National Death Index Linkage with 2008 Mortality Follow-up (N = 1,729).
Figure 5.
Interaction between Seeking Health Information and Self-Rated Health Represented in Mortality Survival Curve, 1980–2002 General Social Survey.