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Table 3 Prevalence (P), prevalence ratio (PR) and 95 % confidence interval (95 % CI) of severe and very severe degrees of limitation among individuals aged 18 years or over, according to schooling level. Brazilian National Health Survey, 2013

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

Morbidities

Measure

Total

Illiterate/elementary education incomplete

Elementary education completed/high school education incomplete

High school education completed/higher education incomplete

Higher education complete

Arterial hypertension

P

4.71

6.06

4.48

3.25

0.65

PR(a)

 

8.94

6.78

4.92

1.00

95 % CI

 

(4.48-17.82)

(3.04-15.-11)

(2.29-10.58)

 

Diabetes

P

7.04

8.18

9.04

4.40

1.42

PR(a)

 

5.70

6.33

3.04

1.00

95 % CI

 

(2.27-14.34)

(2.27-17.65)

(1.02-9.08)

 

Stroke

P

25.48

29.92

17.94

15.11

10.67

PR(a)

 

2.63

1.71

1.45

1.00

95 % CI

 

(1.22-5.69)

(0.64-4.57)

(0.54-3.86)

 

Arthritis

P

17.10

20.48

14.98

13.19

8.68

PR(a)

 

2.34

1.73

1.51

1.00

95 % CI

 

(1.24-4.40)

(0.86-3.49)

(0.75-3.02)

 

Asthma

P

6.00

8.18

5.32

6.15

0.94

PR(a)

 

7.66

5.95

7.00

1.00

95 % CI

 

(2.89-20.34)

(1.71-20.68)

(2.41-20.31)

 

Spinal problems

P

16.42

21.12

15.51

10.91

7.01

PR(a)

 

2.76

2.27

1.63

1.00

95 % CI

 

(2.00-3.83)

(1.55-3.33)

(1.14-2.33)

 

Musculoskeletal disorders

P

15.73

27.98

14.82

11.46

4.48

PR(a)

 

5.85

3.22

2.54

1.00

95 % CI

 

(2.85-12.00)

(1.38-7.49)

(1.24-5.18)

 

Depression

P

11.83

16.11

9.77

8.91

6.45

PR(a)

 

2.59

1.46

1.31

1.00

95 % CI

 

(1.58-4.25)

(0.79-2.69)

(0.78-2.20)

 

Cancer

P

10.32

10.23

14.74

13.80

5.08

PR(a)

 

2.20

3.05

2.69

1.00

95 % CI

 

(0.94-5.14)

(1.02-9.12)

(1.07-6.72)

 

Chronic kidney failure

P

11.85

13.17

4.68

9.70

19.09

PR(a)

 

0.75

0.22

0.43

1.00

95 % CI

 

(0.35-1.64)

(0.07-0.71)

(0.14-1.29)

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