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Colombia Health, Well-Being and Aging Survey 2015

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
Encuesta Nacional de Salud, Bienestar y Envejecimiento en Colombia (SABE Colombia 2014-2015)
Geography 
Colombia (COL)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/2015 - 12/2015
Series or system 
Survey on Health, Well-Being and Aging in Latin America and the Caribbean (SABE)
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Exam
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

The 2015 Colombia Health, Well-Being and Aging Survey (SABE Colombia 2015) was a cross-sectional study that collected data on the quality of life for adults aged 60 and over. In addition to an interview, anthropometric measurements, blood pressure, blood samples and physical functions were taken. The sample size was 30,691 individuals, and 23,694 surveys were successfully completed across 244 municipalities.

Keywords 
Aged adults, Alcohol use, Amputation, Anthropometry, Asthma, Blood pressure, Breast cancer, COPD, Cancers, Cataracts, Cervix uteri cancer, Cholesterol, Chronic kidney diseases, Colon and rectum cancers, Corrective lenses, Crime, Dental caries, Dentists, Diabetes, Disability, Edentulism, Education, Employment, Ethnicity, Falls, Glaucoma, Health care access, Health care use, Health status, Hearing loss, Height, Hemoglobin, Hepatitis, Hospitals, Hours worked, Illicit drug use, Income, Ischemic heart disease, Limited mobility, Literacy, Loans, Malnutrition, Marital status, Measles, Medical tests, Mental and behavioral disorders, Mental health symptoms, Nurses, Oral conditions, Oral hygiene, Osteoarthritis, Osteoporosis, Pharmacists, Physical activity, Physicians, Private social assistance, Prostate cancer, Public social assistance, Religion, Rheumatic heart disease, Safety, Screening mammography, Sexual behavior, Sexual violence, Skin cancers, Sleep disorders, Stomach cancer, Thyroid cancer, Tobacco smoking, Trachea, bronchus, and lung cancers, Traditional healers, Traditional medicine, Tuberculosis, Urinary diseases, Violence, Vision loss, Weight
GHDx Entry last modified on: Sep 9, 2022