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. 2023 Jun 12;13:9555. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-36604-4

Table 2.

Sociodemographic- and patient-related variables from municipalities in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.

Median (IQR) Range
Patients/100,000 inhabitants 19.4 (0–42.8) 0–277
HDI 0.717 (0.685–0.746) 0.587–0.805
GDP per capita (in Brazilian reais) 22,475 (17,509–31,372) 9,597–215,394
Income per capita (in Brazilian reais) 714.3 (595.9–862.7) 343.1–1758.3
% Rural domicile 47 (21–66.8) 0–98.6
Education
% Illiteracy 6.1 (3.9–8.5) 0.9–19.1
% Elementary 35.4 (28.4–43.3) 14.1–73.5
% High school 20.5 (15.8–26.4) 5.3–57.8
% University 5.4 (3.9–7.5) 0.4–25.9
% Female 66.7 (50–100) 0–100
Patients' age 78 (75–81) 57–95
% age ≥ 65 years 10.9 (9.4–12.5) 0–20.4
MMSE 15 (13–17) 2–30
Deaths from AD/100,000 inhabitants 24.1 (15.7–38.6) 2.6–261.8
Physicians/100,000 inhabitants 97.46 (60.8–156.2) 9–678
Experience as a physician (in years) 18.7 (11.8–25.2) 0–53

AD Alzheimer's disease, GDP Gross domestic product, HDI Human development index, MMSE Mini mental state examination.