Table I.

Demographic, socioeconomic, and tobacco use characteristics of the sample stratified by self-perceived health status.

Variables		Self-perceived health status (n = 12,431)				p
		Good, very good, and excellent		Poor and fair
		Frequency	Percentage	Frequency	Percentage
Age	13–17	3100	33.5	743	23.5	<0.001
	18–29	3274	35.3	897	28.4	<0.001
	30–49	2893	31.2	1524	48.2	<0.001
	Total	9267	100.0	3164	100.0
Ethnic minority⁎	Yes	1976	21.3	797	25.2	<0.001
	No	7291	78.7	2367	74.8	<0.001
	Total	9267	100.0	3164	100.0
Socioeconomic strata	1–3	8615	97.1	2941	99.5	<0.001
	4–6	257	2.9	16	0.5	<0.001
	Total	8872	100.0	2957	100.0
Current smoking	Yes	244	2.6	147	4.6	<0.001
	No	9023	97.4	3017	95.4	<0.001
	Total	9267	100.0	3164	100.0
Body mass index category	Underweight	180	3.0	74	3.1	0.801
	Normal	2766	46.1	965	40.9	<0.001
	Overweight	2069	34.6	805	34.1	0.739
	Obesity	983	16.4	516	21.9	<0.001
	Total	5998	100.0	2360	100.0
Geographic region	Atlantic	1982	21.4	733	23.2	0.038
	Oriental	1362	14.7	425	13.4	0.085
	Andean	2367	25.5	708	22.4	<0.001
	Pacific	1276	13.8	548	17.3	<0.001
	Bogotá, DC	607	6.6	122	3.9	<0.001
	Amazon and Orinoco	1673	18.1	628	19.8	0.035
	Total	9267	100.0	3164	100.0

^⁎Ethnic minority: afro-Colombian, raizal, palenque, indigenous or gipsy.