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Table 3 Institutionalization by combined health information during the 10- and 18-year follow-ups (n = 1106)

From: Subjective and objective health predicting mortality and institutionalization: an 18-year population-based follow-up study among community-dwelling Finnish older adults

Follow-up period

Combined health information

 

Subjectively and objectively healthy (SO) (n = 138)

Subjectively healthya (S) (n = 251)

Objectively healthyb (O) (n = 138)

Unhealthyc (UH) (n = 579)

Total

10 years

Institutionalized

n (%)

10 (7)

29 (12)

13 (9)

110 (19)

162 (15)

Follow-up time, yearsd

9.4 (1.8)

8.7 (2.6)

9.0 (2.3)

7.3 (3.4)

8.1 (3.1)

Person-years

1295

2189

1246

4198

8928

Institutionalization rate / 1000 person-years

7.7

13.2

10.4

26.2

18.1

18 years

Institutionalized

n (%)

28 (20)

76 (30)

37 (27)

187 (32)

328 (30)

Follow-up time, yearsd

14.3 (4.6)

12.9 (5.4)

13.7 (5.3)

9.7 (6.0)

11.5 (5.9)

Person-years

1973

3241

1887

5635

12,737

Institutionalization rate / 1000 person-years

14.2

23.4

19.6

33.2

25.8

  1. aSubjectively healthy and objectively unhealthy
  2. bSubjectively unhealthy but objectively healthy
  3. cSubjectively and objectively unhealthy
  4. dValues are mean (standard deviation)