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. 2023 Jul 11;7:19. doi: 10.1186/s41927-023-00332-z

Table 2.

Estimated RA prevalence by Departamento (≈ State) (Colombia, 2018)

Population Patients Prevalence A-S prevalence
1 2 1 (%) 2 (%) 1 (%) 2 (%)
Amazonas 13,542 81 64 0.5981 0.4726 0.6121 0.4712
Antioquia 3,007,324 17,380 15,613 0.5779 0.5192 0.4740 0.4262
Arauca 20,258 48 36 0.2369 0.1777 0.2679 0.2118
A.San Andrés, P Y C 39,316 60 48 0.1526 0.1221 0.1334 0.1054
Atlántico 857,561 2,847 2,417 0.3320 0.2818 0.2914 0.2475
Bogotá, D.C. 5,036,963 26,470 22,376 0.5255 0.4442 0.4544 0.3837
Bolívar 475,277 1,644 1,377 0.3459 0.2897 0.3187 0.2668
Boyacá 227,287 1,691 1,263 0.7440 0.5557 0.6201 0.4620
Caldas 363,846 2,906 2,472 0.7987 0.6794 0.5834 0.4958
Caquetá 40,225 167 134 0.4152 0.3331 0.4112 0.3280
Casanare 61,997 131 100 0.2113 0.1613 0.2463 0.1911
Cauca 201,971 1,215 1,003 0.6016 0.4966 0.4921 0.4072
Cesar 239,821 1,136 887 0.4737 0.3699 0.5012 0.3923
Chocó 29,809 68 63 0.2281 0.2113 0.2103 0.1939
Córdoba 247,873 1,551 1,286 0.6257 0.5188 0.5576 0.4622
Cundinamarca 1,093,278 5,155 4,202 0.4715 0.3843 0.4507 0.3672
Guainía 143 - - 0.0000 0 0.0000 0.0000
Guaviare 10,011 25 19 0.2497 0.1898 0.3236 0.2692
Huila 157,526 674 476 0.4279 0.3022 0.3761 0.2665
La Guajira 97,734 208 164 0.2128 0.1678 0.2252 0.1796
Magdalena 240,492 1,043 887 0.4337 0.3688 0.4197 0.3577
Meta 208,264 562 454 0.2698 0.218 0.2630 0.2128
Nariño 126,323 1,428 1,082 1.1304 0.8565 0.8333 0.6340
Norte De Santander 217,531 1,128 930 0.5185 0.4275 0.4133 0.3368
Putumayo 10,399 40 27 0.3847 0.2596 0.3443 0.2318
Quindio 175,347 1,177 908 0.6712 0.5178 0.4790 0.3747
Risaralda 390,168 2,641 2,233 0.6769 0.5723 0.5282 0.4473
Santander 795,812 2,999 2,471 0.3768 0.3105 0.3276 0.2700
Sucre 97,236 461 371 0.4741 0.3815 0.4032 0.3271
Tolima 329,664 1,342 1,106 0.4071 0.3355 0.3257 0.2682
Valle Del Cauca 2,086,961 10,856 9,142 0.5202 0.4381 0.4004 0.3371
Vaupés 1,562 1 1 0.0640 0.064 0.0316 0.0316
Vichada 6,277 10 6 0.1593 0.0956 0.2045 0.1223

Data from Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social de Colombia, Suficiencia dataset. population refers to exposed individuals, defined as individuals enrolled in mandatory public health insurance in the contributory regime. ≥ 1 refers to patients with at least one utilization of healthcare directly related to rheumatoid disease, and ≥ 2 refers to those with at least two of those utilizations. Age groups defined as the ones used for calculation of the premium of the public health insurance (Unidad de Pago por Capitación - UPC).