We did not find indications that the association between self-assessed health and mortality is due to the psychosocial factors included in this analysis. It seems likely that the unexplained mortality effects of self-assessed health are due to the fact that self-assessed health is a very inclusive measure of health reflecting health aspects relevant to survival which are not covered by other health indicators.
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