Table 7-1. – Prevalence and 95% confidence interval (95% CI) of hypertension according to sociodemographic characteristics. National Health Survey, Brazil, 2019.
| Variables | Total | Female | Male | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prevalence (95% CI) | PR | Prevalence (95% CI) | PR | Prevalence (95% CI) | PR | |
| Total | 23.9 (23.5;24.4) | 26.4 (25.7;27.2) | 21.1 (20.4;21.8) | |||
| Age group (years) | ||||||
| 18-24 | 2.3 (1.7;2.9) | 1.0 | 2.1 (1.5;2.8) | 1.0 | 2.5 (1.6;3.4) | 1.0 |
| 25-39 | 7.3 (6.7;7.8) | 3.2 | 7.2 (6.3;8.0) | 3.5 | 7.4 (6.6;8.1) | 3.0 |
| 40-59 | 27.2 (26.3;28.1) | 11.5 | 29.5 (28.2;30.7) | 13.3 | 24.6 (23.3;25.9) | 9.9 |
| ≥ 60 | 55.0 (53.9;56.1) | 22.1 | 59.4 (57.9;60.8) | 24.7 | 49.3 (47.6;50.9) | 19.7 |
| Educational level | ||||||
| No education/ incomplete elementary | 36.6 (35.7;37.5) | 1.0 | 43.3 (42.0;44.6) | 1.0 | 29.2 (28.0;30.3) | 1.0 |
| Complete elementary / incomplete middle | 20.4 (19.1;21.6) | 1.0 | 24.7 (22.8;26.6) | 0.9 | 16.2 (14.6;17.8) | 1.0 |
| Complete middle/ incomplete high | 15.4 (14.7;16.2) | 0.8 | 15.7 (14.7;16.7) | 0.8 | 15.1 (14.0;16.2) | 1.0 |
| Complete high | 18.2 (17.1;19.3) | 0.7 | 16.3 (15.0;17.7) | 0.6 | 20.7 (18.8;22.6) | 1.0 |
| Self-reported race/skin color | ||||||
| White | 24.4 (23.6;25.2) | 1.0 | 26.0 (24.9;27.1) | 1.0 | 22.5 (21.4;23.5) | 1.0 |
| Black | 25.8 (24.4;27.2) | 1.2 | 30.2 (28.2;32.2) | 1.2 | 20.9 (19.1;22.7) | 1.1 |
| Brown | 22.9 (22.2;23.6) | 1.1 | 25.7 (24.8;26.7) | 1.1 | 19.7 (18.8;20.6) | 1.0 |