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Table 1 Subjects socioeconomic characteristics and health care coverage - Brazilian National Health Survey, 2013a

From: Inequities in Healthcare utilization: results of the Brazilian National Health Survey, 2013

Variable/categories

Prevalence %b

(95 % CI)c

n

Sex

 Male

47.1

(46.4–47.9)

25920

 Female

52.9

(52.1–53.6)

34282

Skin colord

 White

47.5

(46.7–48.3)

24106

 Non-white

52.5

(51.7–53.3)

36096

Educational level

 No education/primary incomplete

38.9

(38.1–39.8)

24083

 Secondary incomplete

15.5

(15.0–16.1)

9215

 Undergraduate (college) incomplete

32.8

(32.1–33.5)

19149

 Undergraduate complete and above

12.7

(12.0–13.5)

7755

Social Class

 E

2.8

(2.6–3.1)

2563

 D

21.8

(21.1–22.5)

15610

 C

43.0

(42.1–43.9)

25818

 B

28.6

(27.7–29.5)

14514

 A

3.8

(3.4–4.4)

1697

Age (years)

 >=18 and <30

26.1

(25.4–26.7)

14321

 >=30 and <40

21.6

(21.0–22.2)

14269

 >=40 and <50

18.1

(17.5–18.6)

11405

 >=50 and <60

16.2

(15.7–16.7)

9030

 >=60

18.0

(17.5–18.7)

11177

Private Health Insurance

 noe

69.7

(68.8–70.7)

43834

 yes

30.3

(29.3–31.2)

16368

Family Health Coveragef

 no

68.7

(67.6–69.8)

42051

 yes

31.3

(30.2–32.4)

18151

Total

  

60202

  1. aSample of subjects with 18+ years old that answered the ‘Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde’ individual questionnaire in 2013
  2. bPrevalence (%), considering the complex sample design
  3. c95 % Confidence Interval (CI), considering the complex sample design
  4. dThe categories of skin color are defined by the IBGE (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística) and reported by the respondent. IBGE 2010
  5. ePopulation covered by the Brazilian Public Health System, or SUS (in Portuguese)
  6. f“Family Health” refers to “Equipe de Saúde da Família”; a community based primary health care program funded by the Brazilian Public Health System or SUS