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. 2024 Feb 15;121(2):e20240079. [Article in Portuguese] doi: 10.36660/abc.20240079

Table 12-2. – Frequency of physically inactive adults (≥18 years of age), by sex, in the capitals of the Brazilian states and Distrito Federal, based on data from VIGITEL 2021.

Men Women
Capitals % 95% CI % 95% CI
Aracaju 37.6 29.1 - 46.2 49.9 44.4 - 55.5
Belém 36.2 29.1 - 43.3 54.2 48.6 - 59.9
Belo Horizonte 40.1 33.0 - 47.3 50.8 45.2 - 56.3
Boa Vista 33.7 27.3 - 40.1 49.8 44.9 - 54.7
Campo Grande 46.1 36.7 - 55.6 56.1 49.3 - 62.9
Cuiabá 44.8 36.2 - 53.3 53.1 46.5 - 59.6
Curitiba 37.8 30.9 - 44.8 54.1 47.9 - 60.3
Florianópolis 40.9 33.1 - 48.7 43.4 37.3 - 49.4
Fortaleza 36.6 29.2 - 44.0 57.1 51.1 - 63.1
Goiânia 30.3 23.4 - 37.3 48.2 42.2 - 54.1
João Pessoa 43.5 35.1 - 51.9 53 46.7 - 59.4
Macapá 38 31.5 - 44.4 52 46.5 - 57.4
Maceió 40.1 32.2 - 48.0 52 44.9 - 59.1
Manaus 37.3 29.1 - 45.4 59.2 53.5 - 64.8
Natal 33.9 26.7 - 41.1 50.4 44.3 - 56.4
Palmas 38.1 29.5 - 46.6 49.4 43.8 - 55.0
Porto Alegre 42.3 34.9 - 49.7 59.6 52.0 - 67.3
Porto Velho 40.9 33.3 - 48.4 54.9 49.2 - 60.6
Recife 34.4 26.3 - 42.5 58.1 52.1 - 64.1
Rio Branco 39.8 32.7 - 46.8 54.7 48.8 - 60.6
Rio de Janeiro 38.2 30.3 - 46.0 63.1 57.1 - 69.0
Salvador 38.1 30.5 - 45.7 55.8 50.1 - 61.4
São Luís 36 28.4 - 43.7 56.3 50.6 - 61.9
São Paulo 43.2 36.4 - 50.1 55.6 49.3 - 61.8
Teresina 37 29.3 - 44.7 57.3 51.4 - 63.2
Vitória 38 30.6 - 45.3 48.8 42.8 - 54.8
Distrito Federal 38.1 30.4 - 45.7 51.4 45.2 - 57.7

CI: confidence interval. Source: VIGITEL Brazil 2021. 252