Indicators | Geographic Region | Brazil | p-value* | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
North | Northeast | Southeast | South | Center-West | |||
Schooling | p < 0.001 | ||||||
Illiterate | 19.4 | 23.0 | 9.9 | 9.7 | 12.4 | 14.2 | |
Incomplete elementary school | 23.4 | 26.4 | 24.8 | 29.3 | 25.3 | 25.8 | |
Incomplete secondary school | 15.5 | 12.9 | 14.4 | 15.5 | 14.9 | 14.3 | |
Complete secondary school | 41.7 | 37.7 | 50.9 | 45.5 | 47.4 | 45.7 | |
Socioeconomic class | p < 0.001 | ||||||
A/B | 16.8 | 18.6 | 40.2 | 42.8 | 34.0 | 32.7 | |
C | 42.3 | 38.9 | 44.7 | 43.6 | 44.5 | 42.8 | |
D/E | 40.9 | 42.5 | 15.1 | 13.6 | 21.5 | 24.5 | |
% Adults living in rural areas | 21.7 | 23.8 | 6.9 | 15.0 | 8.9 | 13.8 | p < 0.001 |
% Adults who consulted a doctor in the last 12 months | 66.4 | 69.7 | 79.5 | 78.6 | 73.8 | 75.4 | p < 0.001 |
Coverage (%) of private health plan | 12.6 | 14.7 | 34.5 | 31.4 | 28.0 | 26.7 | p < 0.001 |
Diagnosis of at least one NCD | 39.0 | 44.4 | 47.4 | 53.2 | 44.8 | 46.7 | p < 0.001 |
Life Expectancy at birth (years)a | - | ||||||
M | 68.2 | 68.1 | 73.3 | 73.5 | 71.2 | 71.3 | |
F | 75.3 | 76.5 | 79.5 | 80.3 | 77.9 | 78.1 | |
T | 71.5 | 72.2 | 76.6 | 76.9 | 74.4 | 74.8 | |
Number of doctors per 1000 populationb | 0.9 | 1.09 | 2.51 | 2.06 | 1.76 | 1.86 | - |
Poor self-rated health | |||||||
M | 5.8 | 7.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.8 | p < 0.001 |
F | 7.6 | 9.4 | 5.2 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 6.7 | p < 0.001 |
T | 6.8 | 8.3 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.8 | p < 0.001 |