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Assessing the perceived health status and its determinants is a relevant step in this process. This study explored the potentialities of the Minimum European Health Module (MEHM) to cope with this critical issue. Investigation was conducted on 4798 Italian residents (49.7% women, aged 35\u201379 years), participating in the CUORE Project Health Examination Survey 2008\u20132012. The three MEHM questions\u2014perceived health status, chronic morbidity and activity limitations\u2014were examined also in association with living context, seasonality, marital status and level of education. A higher prevalence of health status negative perception was associated with older age (9% and 24% respectively in men and women aged 35\u201344 years; 46% and 61% respectively in men and women aged 75\u201379 years). In women, this negative perception was higher than in men in any age group, and reached 50% in the 65\u201369 age group, 10 years earlier than in men. 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