title: [Perceived health status of people from the central region of Colombia: National Health Survey, 2007].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Determining perceived health status profiles for people aged 6 to 69 years old from the central region of Colombia, based on the 2007 National Health Survey.
  
  
  METHODS
  The survey involved 18,683 people aged 6 to 69 years old from the central region of Colombia. Descriptive statistics and multiple correspondence analyses by sub-region were calculated. Significant variables (≤ 0.05 t-test) for constructing Cartesian plane factor axes were gender, age, educational level, residential area, ethnicity, morbid event reporting and self-perceived health status.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Three health status typologies were identified: perceived health corresponding to socio-demographic characteristics, morbid event reporting and residential area. People having a job or engaging in academic activities had better health status perception. Indigenous people living in rural areas reported injuries arising from an accident, violence and/or poisoning more frequently than white people living in urban areas. An educated woman had a more negative evaluation of their health status. Agreement was also found for a specific health profile and each sub-region being studied.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Differences may have been due to self-care, social service access, geographic accessibility and cultural patterns regarding self-reported health status perception. Analyzing greater depth is needed.
authors.affiliation: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia, sandra.agudelo@javeriana.edu.co.
authors.forename: Sandra M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Agudelo-Londoño
authors.affiliation: Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe, Medellín, Colombia.
authors.forename: Adriana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giraldo-Villa
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Antioquia.
authors.forename: Víctor I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Romero-Nieto
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003105:Colombia; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012649:Self Concept; D055815:Young Adult