title: [The scale of disability in the Boyacá Department in Colombia].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This paper was aimed at ascertaining the magnitude of disability in the Boyacá Department by establishing its distribution and dependent relationships.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a cross-sectional study which involved using the instrument proposed by DANE for recording, localizing and characterizing disability. The instrument's 89 questions were subjected to univariate and bivariate analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A greater prevalence of disability was found amongst females; it was geographically located in scattered rural areas and amongst those having low educational attainment and poor attendance at school. A deficiency in body, hand, arm and leg movements predominated, as did difficulty in walking, running and jumping.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There was a statistically significant dependence (calculated by Pearson's chi-square test) between disability and social, cultural and biological factors.
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Boyacá.
authors.forename: Elisa A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Cobo-Mejía
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Boyacá.
authors.forename: Carolina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sandoval-Cuellar
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Boyacá.
authors.forename: Yenny M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Alvarado-Rojas
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D003105:Colombia / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004522:Educational Status; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology