Table 1 Distribution (%) of the different variables according to sex and survey year
Variable | Men | Women | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1980/81 | 1988/89 | 1996/97 | 2004/05 | 1980/81 | 1988/89 | 1996/97 | 2004/05 | |
N | 2,448 | 2,363 | 2,344 | 1,943 | 2,418 | 2,338 | 2,337 | 1,971 |
Age (years) | ||||||||
16-23 | 18.1 | 18.6 | 14.1 | 14.3 | 18.6 | 18.3 | 13.6 | 14.7 |
24-31 | 19.7 | 17.7 | 18.1 | 14.7 | 18.2 | 18.0 | 18.6 | 14.6 |
32-39 | 21.9 | 18.3 | 18.1 | 18.6 | 19.5 | 18.0 | 18.7 | 18.2 |
40-47 | 14.7 | 20.6 | 17.7 | 17.0 | 14.0 | 19.3 | 18.1 | 18.0 |
48-55 | 11.9 | 14.1 | 19.7 | 16.3 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 18.6 | 17.2 |
56-63 | 13.8 | 10.8 | 12.4 | 19.2 | 14.9 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 17.3 |
Education | ||||||||
Low-middle | 67.5 | 62.6 | 54.6 | 45.1 | 78.0 | 68.1 | 56.0 | 42.3 |
High | 32.5 | 37.4 | 45.4 | 54.9 | 22.0 | 31.9 | 44.0 | 57.7 |
BMI | ||||||||
Normal | 68.4 | 65.3 | 55.6 | 48.8 | 79.0 | 76.9 | 69.5 | 66.1 |
Overweight | 27.6 | 29.9 | 37.8 | 41.4 | 17.4 | 18.5 | 24.5 | 24.9 |
Obese | 4.0 | 4.8 | 6.6 | 9.8 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 6.0 | 9.0 |
Smoking | ||||||||
Never | 39.2 | 44.8 | 48.7 | 54.2 | 49.2 | 49.5 | 49.4 | 51.4 |
Former | 25.8 | 27.3 | 32.7 | 32.0 | 17.2 | 20.2 | 25.3 | 29.4 |
Daily | 35.0 | 27.9 | 18.6 | 13.8 | 33.6 | 30.3 | 25.3 | 19.2 |
Self-reported health status | ||||||||
Good | 83.3 | 84.6 | 84.4 | 82.6 | 80.3 | 80.4 | 81.3 | 77.1 |
Poor | 16.7 | 15.4 | 15.6 | 17.4 | 19.7 | 19.6 | 18.7 | 22.9 |