Table 1

Response rates, sample sizes and prevalence of poor health for men and women by year

Year	Response rate* (%)	Number of men	% of men in poor health	Number of women	% of women in poor health
1978	82	6258	7.4	6777	11.3
1979	83	6097	8.0	6557	11.1
1980	82	6129	8.7	6659	12.2
1981	84	6348	7.7	6860	11.4
1982	84	5299	6.9	5784	10.1
1983	82	5030	7.6	5618	11.6
1984	81	4855	7.6	5375	9.5
1985	82	5041	7.3	5542	10.4
1986	84	5175	7.4	5645	10.2
1987	85	5295	7.3	5739	10.5
1988	85	5082	8.0	5578	10.2
1989	84	5205	7.4	5677	10.0
1990	81	4833	7.8	5322	11.0
1991	84	5110	7.8	5614	10.3
1992	83	5070	8.1	5690	9.8
1993	82	4890	7.9	5434	10.8
1994	80	4734	9.6	5398	11.2
1995	80	4705	10.6	5488	11.4
1996	76	4326	8.0	5111	11.4
1998	72	4044	11.3	4740	12.3
2000	67	4008	10.1	4548	12.2
2001	72	4358	10.3	5058	12.1
2002	69	4183	11.1	4818	12.0
2003	70	4885	10.1	5651	12.5
2004	69	4165	10.7	4852	12.8