Background: Studies from several countries have shown that self-rated health is an independent predictor of mortality …. However, no empirical evidence exists for Germany so far. We investigate the effectiveness of (i) self-ratings of health by … individuals and (ii) changes in self-rated health, as predictors of mortality for Germany. Methods: A sub-sample of 3 …

incorporating the joint future developments of age-specific mortality and health prevalence rates, GDP, and the unemployment rate …, health, and macroeconomic variables. Finally, we make a comparison with the corresponding models without GDP and the … unemployment rate or without taking into account the joint development of mortality and health …