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Self-rated health and mortality: a review of twenty-seven community studies.
Abstract
We examine the growing number of studies of survey respondents' global self-ratings of health as predictors of mortality in longitudinal studies of representative community samples. Twenty-seven studies in U.S. and international journals show impressively consistent findings. Global self-rated health is an independent predictor of mortality in nearly all of the studies, despite the inclusion of numerous specific health status indicators and other relevant covariates known to predict mortality. We summarize and review these studies, consider various interpretations which could account for the association, and suggest several approaches to the next stage of research in this field.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Idler, E. L., & Benyamini, Y.
- Affiliations
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Health and Social Behavior
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1997-03
- Volume
- 38
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 21
- ISSN
- 0022-1465 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1996823741
- Cited by
- 8,598
- References
- 101
- Citations by year
- 2026: 232 · 2025: 223 · 2024: 267 · 2023: 281 · 2022: 333 · 2021: 395 · 2020: 460 · 2019: 390 · 2018: 372 · 2017: 400 · 2016: 417 · 2015: 434 · 2014: 429 · 2013: 421 · 2012: 430
- FWCI
- 67.61
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Health and Social Behavior (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (5r01ag011567-03)
- National Institute on Aging (AG11567, AG03501)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Aging, Health, and Disability
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Health and Medical Studies
- Keywords
- self-rated health, mortality, health indicators, community sample, longitudinal study, health behavior, mortality prediction
- MeSH terms
- Attitude to Health, Female, Health Status, Health Status Indicators, Humans, Male, Mortality, United States, Survival Analysis
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