Numbers of negative life events (NLE) for different categories
| NLE category | Time interval | |||||
| 1980–1984 | 1985–1989 | 1990–1994 (reunification) | 1995–1999 | 2000–2004 | ||
| Work/financial (n=4)* | ||||||
| M (SD) per 100 persons | 4.92 (22.34) | 15.06 (38.96) | 35.97 (56.43) | 26.66 (52.28) | 26.35 (53.12) | |
| Individual n (%) | 0 | 1840 (95.2) | 1664 (86.1) | 1318 (68.2) | 1486 (76.9) | 1500 (77.6) |
| 1 | 89 (4.6) | 245 (12.7) | 537 (27.8) | 383 (19.8) | 363 (18.8) | |
| ≥2 | 3 (0.2) | 23 (1.2) | 77 (4.0) | 63 (3.3) | 69 (3.6) | |
| Social/interpersonal (n=6)* | ||||||
| M (SD) per 100 persons | 21.79 (50.54) | 24.74 (53.74) | 24.38 (55.00) | 27.69 (58.06) | 28.78 (61.40) | |
| Individual n (%) | 0 | 1585 (82.0) | 1543 (79.9) | 1559 (80.7) | 1509 (78.1) | 1512 (78.3) |
| 1 | 281 (14.5) | 310 (16.0) | 290 (15.0) | 329 (17.0) | 312 (16.1) | |
| ≥2 | 66 (3.4) | 79 (4.1) | 83 (4.3) | 94 (4.9) | 108 (5.6) | |
| Illness (own) (n=2)* | ||||||
| M (SD) per 100 persons | 8.49 (28.43) | 14.54 (37.95) | 31.42 (52.50) | 33.80 (53.96) | 35.82 (55.38) | |
| Individual n (%) | 0 | 1771 (91.7) | 1670 (86.4) | 1383 (71.6) | 1344 (69.6) | 1314 (68.0) |
| 1 | 158 (8.2) | 243 (12.6) | 491 (25.4) | 523 (27.1) | 544 (28.2) | |
| ≥2 | 3 (0.2) | 19 (1.0) | 58 (3.0) | 65 (3.4) | 74 (3.8) | |
| Illness/death (others) (n=3)* | ||||||
| M (SD) per 100 persons | 23.29 (49.29) | 31.00 (56.08) | 38.30 (61.34) | 39.65 (62.67) | 55.54 (70.70) | |
| Individual n (%) | 0 | 1542 (79.8) | 1429 (74.0) | 1322 (68.4) | 1312 (67.9) | 1096 (56.7) |
| 1 | 332 (17.2) | 408 (21.1) | 485 (25.1) | 476 (24.6) | 606 (31.4) | |
| ≥2 | 58 (3.0) | 95 (4.9) | 125 (6.5) | 144 (7.5) | 230 (11.9) | |
The mean values (M) indicate the average number of NLEs for each period extrapolated to 100 persons for ease of interpretation.
*Number of different subcategories of NLEs that were included in each category.