[Health status and gender in Catalonia. An approach using the information sources available].
OBJECTIVE
To present health status differences between men and women in Catalonia across the main available data sources.


METHODS
The main institutional health data sources of the Catalan population are presented. Mortality and morbidity differences by gender are studied.


RESULTS
Men die before than women and present more frequently pathologies that require hospitalary care. Unhealthy behaviours are more frequent in men than in women. Women in general, in all social classes, present more frequently chronic disorders and disabilities and declare worse perception of health status than men of the same social class.


CONCLUSIONS
Institutional sources of data available in Catalonia allow the description of gender differences in health, nevertheless new variables should be included to improve gender perspective analyse.
Brugulat
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Unitat de Pla de Salut i Avaluació. Servei Català de la Salut.
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Fusté
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D013030:Spain; D055815:Young Adult