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Table 1 Self-reported prevalence, prevalence ratio (PR) and 95 % confidence intervals for having at least one chronic non-communicable disease (NCD), according to sociodemographic conditions. Brazilian National Health Survey, 2013

From: Social inequalities in the prevalence of self-reported chronic non-communicable diseases in Brazil: national health survey 2013

Variables

n

%

Prevalence

PRcrude

95 % IC

PRadjusted

95 % IC

Total

60,202

 

45.12

    

Gender

 Male

25920

40.95

39.23

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Female

34282

59.05

50.37

1.28

(1.24,1.32)

1.24

(1.21,1.28)

Age

 18 to 24

7823

12.99

19.97

1.00

   

 25 to 34

13923

23.13

26.86

1.35

(1.22,1.48)

1.34

(1.22,1.48)

 35 to 44

12817

21.29

41.09

2.06

(1.88,2.26)

2.04

(1.86,2.24)

 45 to 54

10246

17.02

55.19

2.76

(2.53,3.02)

2.73

(2.50,2.98)

 55 to 64

7681

12.76

67.7

3.39

(3.10, 3.71)

3.34

(3.05,3.66)

 65 and over

7712

12.81

77.07

3.86

(3.54,4.21)

3.79

(3.47,4.14)

Race/Color

 White

24106

40.04

47.44

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Black

5631

9.35

43.87

0.93

(0.88,0.99)

0.99

(0.94,1.05)

 Asian

533

0.89

38.59

0.85

(0.71,1.03)

0.83

(0.71,0.98)

 Mixed

29512

49.02

42.89

0.91

(0.88,0.94)

1.03

(1.00,1.07)

 Indigenous

417

0.69

48.66

1.11

(0.91,1.36)

1.18

(1.00,1.39)

Schooling level

 Higher education completed

7755

12.88

42.66

1.00

 

1.00

 

 High school education completed/higher education incomplete

19149

31.81

35.75

0.84

(0.79,0.89)

0.99

(0.93,1.05)

 Elementary education completed/high school education incomplete

9215

15.31

39.68

0.93

(0.87,1.00)

1.05

(0.99,1.12)

 Illiterate/elementary education incomplete

24083

40.00

56

1.31

(1.24,1.39)

1.08

(1.02,1.14)

Location of home

 Urban

49245

81.80

45.39

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Rural

10957

18.20

43.45

0.96

(0.92,1.00)

0.96

(0.92,1.01)

Region of residence

 North

12536

20.82

37.2

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Northeast

18305

30.41

42.22

1.14

(1.07,1.21)

1.05

(0.99,1.11)

 Southeast

14294

23.74

46.06

1.24

(1.17,1.31)

1.1

(1.04,1.16)

 South

7548

12.54

52.14

1.4

(1.31,1.50)

1.26

(1.19,1.34)

 Center-West

7519

12.49

43.95

1.18

(1.11, 1.26)

1.11

(1.05,1.18)

Private health insurance

 No

47073

78.19

43.95

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Yes

13129

21.81

48.73

1.11

(1.07,1.15)

1.01

(0.98,1.05)

  1. PR adjusted for sex, age and region
  2. Results graphed in bold correspond to a statistically significant prevalences