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Table 1 Socioeconomic and health indicators among adults aged 20 years and overc by Brazilian regions, 2013

From: Inequalities in healthy life expectancy by Brazilian geographic regions: findings from the National Health Survey, 2013

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

  1. Sources: National Health Survey, 2013; aBrazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, IBGE; bMinistério da Saúde, Datasus, Indicadores e Dados Básicos
  2. cWeighted Sample size 57,287
  3. * p-value of the chi-square test for comparison between geographic region distributions