| Coding dimensions | Self rated health | Cardiovascular morbidity and risk factors | Mortality | Total | ||||||
| 1998–2002 | 2003–2005 | 1998–2005 | 1998–2002 | 2003–2005 | 1998–2005 | 1998–2002 | 2003–2005 | 1998–2005 | 1998–2005 | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Design | ||||||||||
| Cross sectional | 16 (41.0) | 23 (59.0) | 39 (100.0) | 10 (31.3) | 17 (53.1) | 27 (84.4) | 2 (11.8) | 3 (17.6) | 5 (29.4) | 71 (80.7) |
| Longitudinal | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (3.1) | 3 (9.4) | 4 (12.5) | 3 (17.6) | 8 (47.1) | 11 (64.7) | 15 (17.0) |
| Case–control | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (3.1) | 1 (3.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (5.9) | 1 (5.9) | 2 (2.3) |
| Total | 16 (41.0) | 23 (59.0) | 39 (100.0) | 11 (34.4) | 21 (65.6) | 32 (100.0) | 5 (29.4) | 12 (70.6) | 17 (100.0) | 88 (100.0) |
| Area definition | ||||||||||
| Administrative/statistical | 14 (35.9) | 19 (48.7) | 33 (84.6) | 11 (34.4) | 20 (62.5) | 31 (96.9) | 5 (29.4) | 10 (58.8) | 15 (88.2) | 79 (89.8) |
| Other | 2 (5.1) | 4 (10.3) | 6 (15.4) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (3.1) | 1 (3.1) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (11.8) | 2 (11.8) | 9 (10.2) |
| Total | 16 (41.0) | 23 (59.0) | 39 (100.0) | 11 (34.4) | 21 (65.6) | 32 (100.0) | 5 (29.4) | 12 (70.6) | 17 (100.0) | 88 (100.0) |
| Area exposures | ||||||||||
| Derived | 15 (26.3) | 20 (35.1) | 35 (89.7) | 8 (21.1) | 17 (44.7) | 25 (78.1) | 5 (22.7) | 12 (54.5) | 17 (100.0) | 77 (87.5) |
| Integral | 5 (8.8) | 13 (22.8) | 18 (46.2) | 3 (7.9) | 8 (29.6) | 11 (34.4) | 2 (9.1) | 3 (13.6) | 5 (29.4) | 34 (38.6) |
| None | 1 (1.8) | 3 (5.3) | 4 (10.3) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (5.3) | 2 (6.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (6.8) |
| Total* | 21 (36.8) | 36 (63.2) | 39 (100.0) | 11 (28.9) | 27 (70.1) | 32 (100.0) | 7 (31.8) | 15 (68.1) | 17 (100.0) | 88 (100.0) |
*Percentages do not add up to 100% because some studies used both derived and integral measures of area exposures.