Metrics details. Self-rated health is a measure expressing the general condition of health of individuals. Self-rated health studies are common in developed countries and in some developing regions. Despite increasing proportion of adult and older population in sub-Saharan Africa and poor population health indicators, there is a dearth of studies on self-rated health in the region. This study examines factors associated with poor self-rated health among adult individuals in Maputo metropolitan area in Mozambique.
Data for this study come from a survey of individuals aged 18 years or more carried out in Maputo metropolitan area, Mozambique, in Employing multiple logistic regression, the study used a subsample of female and male respondents aged 40 years or more to estimate the determinants of poor self-rated health. Given the growing number of adult and older people in sub-Saharan Africa, the rising importance of non-communicable diseases and the scarcity of studies on determinants of poor self-rated health among adults in the region, our findings may have implications for a better understanding of the drivers of poor health among adults in urban sub-Saharan Africa.
Peer Review reports. Self-rated health is a measure expressing the general condition of health of individuals [ 1 ] and it has been recommended by the World Health Organization as an indicator of the health status of older individuals [ 2 ].
Self-rated health studies are common in developed countries [ 3 — 5 ] and in some developing countries [ 6 — 11 ]. Research on self-rated health in developed countries finds that self-rated health predicts functional decline [ 12 ], chronic health disorders [ 13 , 14 ] and mortality [ 15 , 16 ]. According to a recent study, sub-Saharan Africa is the region of the world where the number of people aged 60 years or more is growing rapidly [ 17 ].
The number of people aged 60 years or more in sub-Saharan Africa was estimated at 34 million in and it is projected that in it will be over 67 million [ 17 ].
