Eliassen et al. BMC Public Health 2012, 12:948 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/12/948 Page 5 of 11 Table 1 Crude distributions of variables by gender and country/region Greenland Pa Alaska Men (%) Women (%) Men (%) Women (%) Norway Men (%) Women (%) 45 (21.2) 65 (30.7) 63 (29.7) 24 (11.3) 13 (6.1) 2 (0.9) 0.86 0.79-0.92 196 16 (7.6) 131 (61.8) 26 (12.3) 23 (10.9) 23 (10.9) 8 (3.8) 1 (0.5) 33 (15.6) 117 (55.2) 61 (28.8) 1 (0.5) 46 (21.7) 81 (38.2) 85 (40.1) - 140 (66.0) 13 (6.1) 29 (13.7) 22 (10.4) 8 (3.8) 49 (23.1) 154 (72.6) 9 (4.25) 34 (15.8) 55 (25.6) 69 (32.1) 39 (18.1) 16 (7.4) 2 (0.9) 0.77 0.70-0.83 198 17 (7.9) 131 (60.9) 30 (14.0) 29 (13.5) 17 (7.9) 8 (3.7) - 43 (20.0) 124 (57.7) 47 (21.9) 1 (0.5) 33 (15.4) 59 (27.4) 120 (55.8) 3 (1.4) 134 (62.3) 11 (5.1) 38 (17.7) 20 (9.3) 12 (5.6) 77 (35.8) 133 (61.9) 5 (2.3) 114 (53.8) 98 (46.2) - 127 (59.1) 88 (40.9) - P 0.166 0.063b 0.767 0.194 0.003 0.668 0.007 0.284 - Self-rated health Very good/Excellent Good / Very good Fair / Good Poor / Fair Very poor / Poor Missing Subsistence score Mean 95% CI n Missing, n (%) Language ability (SILA) Very well Relatively well With effort A few words Not at all Missing Age 16-34 years 35-59 years 60-87 years Missing Education Less than high school/vocational school High school/vocational school University Missing Smoking Does not smoke Occasionally Half pack or less daily More than half pack daily Missing Chronic problem Yes No Missing Living in Village/Finnmark Town/Not in Finnmark Missing Housing condition 0-1 95 (18.7) 303 (59.5) 86 (16.9) 14 (2.8) 3 (0.6) 8 (1.6) 0.75 0.71-0.79 498 11 (2.2) 354 (69.6) 133 (26.1) 9 (1.8) 10 (2.0) 2 (0.4) 1 (0.2) 165 (32.4) 267 (52.5) 76 (14.9) 1 (0.2) 295 (58.0) 184 (36.2) 28 (5.5) 2 (0.4) 143 (28.1) 39 (7.7) 175 (34.4) 117 (23.0) 35 (6.9) 58 (11.4) 433 (85.1) 18 (3.5) 201 (39.5) 308 (60.5) - 100 (18.1) 307 (55.5) 115 (20.8) 23 (4.2) 4 (0.7) 4 (0.7) 0.70 0.66-0.74 538 15 (2.7) 388 (70.2) 142 (25.7) 16 (2.9) 2 (0.4) 3 (0.5) 2 (0.4) 181 (32.7) 296 (53.5) 76 (13.7) - 338 (61.1) 141 (25.5) 61 (11.0) 13 (2.4) 145 (26.2) 36 (6.5) 232 (42.0) 92 (16.6) 48 (8.7) 96 (17.4) 440 (79.6) 17 (3.1) 178 (32.2) 375 (67.8) - 0.340 0.062b 0.098 0.849 <0.001 0.017 0.007 0.015 0.114 53 (18.7) 86 (30.4) 81 (28.6) 50 (17.7) 10 (3.5) 3 (1.1) 0.58 0.52-0.64 270 13 (4.6) 80 (28.3) 27 (9.5) 30 (10.6) 108 (38.2) 33 (11.7) 5 (1.8) 109 (38.5) 119 (42.1) 54 (19.1) 1 (0.4) 85 (30.0) 183 (64.7) 12 (4.2) 3 (1.1) 107 (37.8) 31 (11.0) 66 (23.3) 67 (23.7) 12 (4.2) 37 (13.1) 239 (84.5) 7 (2.5) 146 (51.6) 137 (48.4) - 62 (16.4) 108 (28.5) 136 (35.9) 59 (15.6) 14 (3.7) - 0.52 0.47-0.57 373 6 (1.6) 103 (27.2) 34 (9.0) 48 (12.7) 150 (39.6) 42 (11.1) 2 (0.5) 140 (36.9) 179 (47.2) 59 (15.6) 1 (0.3) 132 (34.8) 226 (59.6) 20 (5.3) 1 (0.3) 142 (37.5) 29 (7.7) 142 (37.5) 52 (13.7) 14 (3.7) 47 (12.4) 324 (85.5) 8 (2.1) 166 (43.8) 213 (56.2) - P 0.433 0.110b 0.936 0.327 0.341 <0.001 0.814 0.049 0.372 157 (30.8) 190 (34.4) 148 (52.3) 197 (52.0) - -