Table 1 Descriptive statistics on adult health (age 39–43) and individual characteristics for Norwegian birth cohorts (1967–1973)

 Upper respiratory

0.204

[0.203, 0.206]

0.208

[0.204, 0.212]

0.204

[0.203, 0.205]

 Acute sinusitis

0.119

[0.118, 0.120]

0.117

[0.114, 0.120]

0.119

[0.118, 0.120]

 Back and neckpain

0.168

[0.167, 0.169]

0.199

[0.195, 0.203]

0.165

[0.164, 0.166]

 Shoulder

0.139

[0.138, 0.140]

0.157

[0.154, 0.161]

0.137

[0.136, 0.138]

 Bursitis

0.116

[0.115, 0.117]

0.124

[0.121, 0.127]

0.115

[0.114, 0.116]

 Rheumatoid Arthrithis (RA)

0.013

[0.013, 0.014]

0.016

[0.015, 0.017]

0.013

[0.013, 0.013]

 Hypertension

0.070

[0.070, 0.071]

0.081

[0.078, 0.084]

0.069

[0.069, 0.070]

 Overweight

0.035

[0.035, 0.036]

0.042

[0.040, 0.044]

0.035

[0.034, 0.035]

 Diabetes

0.024

[0.023, 0.024]

0.031

[0.030, 0.033]

0.023

[0.022, 0.023]

 Gastroenteritis infection

0.010

[0.009, 0.010]

0.010

[0.009, 0.011]

0.009

[0.009, 0.010]

 Depression

0.112

[0.111, 0.113]

0.142

[0.138, 0.145]

0.109

[0.108, 0.109]

 Anxiety

0.040

[0.040, 0.041]

0.060

[0.058, 0.063]

0.038

[0.038, 0.039]

 Fear of specific diseases

0.060

[0.059, 0.061]

0.064

[0.062, 0.066]

0.060

[0.059, 0.060]

 Naevus (mole)

0.096

[0.095, 0.097]

0.083

[0.080, 0.085]

0.098

[0.097, 0.099]

 Injuries

0.330

[0.328, 0.331]

0.359

[0.354, 0.363]

0.327

[0.325, 0.328]

 Any disorder (any of above)

0.739

[0.737, 0.740]

0.767

[0.763, 0.771]

0.735

[0.734, 0.737]

 Any conultation in primary care

0.955

[0.954, 0.955]

0.956

[0.954, 0.958]

0.954

[0.953, 0.955]

 Outpatient

0.466

[0.465, 0.468]

0.506

[0.501, 0.510]

0.462

[0.460, 0.464]

 Hospitalization, somatic

0.170

[0.169, 0.171]

0.199

[0.195, 0.203]

0.167

[0.165, 0.168]

 Hospitalization, psychiatric

0.075

[0.074, 0.076]

0.113

[0.110, 0.116]

0.071

[0.070, 0.071]

  Mean

298,326

257,773

302,832

  Std. dev.

364,183

115,977

381,663

  Below secondary

0.254

0.416

0.236

  Full secondary

0.369

0.362

0.370

  Tertiary, short

0.282

0.175

0.294

  Tertiary, long

0.091

0.034

0.097

  Missing

0.004

0.013

0.003

 Married with children

0.461

0.370

0.472

  Mean

395,065

148,052

422,509

  Std. dev.

151,890

64,537

132,811

  Less than full secondary

0.567

0.839

0.537

  Full secondary

0.195

0.098

0.256

  Tertiary

0.237

0.057

0.257

  Missing

0.001

0.057

0.006

 Mother not married at child age 16

0.154

0.365

0.131

  Mean

26.27

27.21

26.17

  Std. dev.

5.54

7.09

5.33

 Low birth weight

0.037

0.048

0.036

  Mean

1.690

1.720

1.690

  Std.dev

0.730

0.852

0.725

 First-born child of mother

0.705

0.711

0.705

 Municipality of residence at child age 16 (no.)

457

457

457

Number of individuals

429,886

42,987

386,899