Table 2. Prevalence of use of emergency services and multimorbidity among adults. National Health Survey, Brazil, 2019.
| Use of emergency service | Multimorbidity | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prevalence (95%CI) | p-value | Prevalence (95%CI) | p-value | ||
| Region (n=88,531) | |||||
| North | 1.6 (1.3–1.7) | <0.001 | 24.4 (23.7–25.0) | <0.001 | |
| Northeast | 1.9 (1.7–2.0) | 30.6 (30.0–31.0) | |||
| Southeast | 2.6 (2.3–2.8) | 36.3 (35.6–36.9) | |||
| South | 1.8 (1.5–2.0) | 36.3 (35.4–37.2) | |||
| Central-West | 2.3 (1.9–2.5) | 29.4 (28.5–30.2) | |||
| Sex (n=88,531) | |||||
| Male | 1.7 (1.5–1.7) | <0.001 | 23.9 (23.4–24.2) | <0.001 | |
| Female | 2.3 (2.1–2.4) | 37.8 (37.3–38.2) | |||
| Skin color or race (n=88,522) | |||||
| White | 2.0 (1.8–2.1) | 0.125 | 34.8 (34.3–35.3) | <0.001 | |
| Black | 2.2 (1.8–2.4) | 30.6 (29.6–31.4) | |||
| Brown | 1.9 (1.7–2.0) | 28.8 (28.3–29.2) | |||
| Indigenous/Yellow | 2.6 (1.8–3.6) | 30.6 (28.1–33.0) | |||
| Age in complete years (n=88,531) | |||||
| 18 to 39 | 1.8 (1.6–1.9) | 0.004 | 12.1 (11.7–12.4) | <0.001 | |
| 40 to 59 | 2.1 (1.8–2.2) | 33.7 (33.2–34.2) | |||
| 60 or older | 2.2 (2.0–2.3) | 55.9 (55.2–56.5) | |||
| Marital status (n=88,531) | |||||
| Married | 1.8 (1.7–2.0) | 0.001 | 33.4 (32.8–33.8) | <0.001 | |
| Single | 1.9 (1.8–2.0) | 21.7 (21.3–22.1) | |||
| Separated/Divorced | 2.5 (2.1–2.8) | 41.7 (40.5–42.8) | |||
| Widowed | 2.2 (1.9–2.6) | 58.9 (57.8–60.0) | |||
| Level of education (n=88,531) | |||||
| No education and incomplete primary education | 1.9 (1.8–2.1) | 0.228 | 40.0 (39.5–40.5) | <0.001 | |
| Complete primary education and incomplete secondary education | 2.1 (1.9–2.4) | 24.9 (24.0–25.6) | |||
| Complete secondary education and incomplete higher education | 2.0 (1.8–2.2) | 23.3 (22.8–23.8) | |||
| Complete higher education | 1.8 (1.6–2.0) | 29.8 (29.0–30.6) | |||
| Occupation (n=56,212) | |||||
| Yes | 1.9 (1.8–2.0) | 0.057 | 23.0 (22.6–23.3) | <0.001 | |
| No | 2.3 (1.9–2.9) | 19.1 (17.9–20.4) | |||
| Per capita household income (minimum wage) (n=88,509) | |||||
| No income up to ½ | 1.8 (1.6–1.9) | 0.068 | 23.6 (23.0–24.1) | <0.001 | |
| More than ½ to 1 | 2.0 (1.8–2.2) | 33.0 (32.4–33.5) | |||
| More than 1 to 2 | 2.1 (1.9–2.3) | 33.3 (32.7–33.9) | |||
| More than 2 to 3 | 2.0 (1.7–2.3) | 33.9 (32.7–34.9) | |||
| More than 3 | 1.8 (1.6–2.1) | 37.0 (36.1–38.0) | |||
| Health insurance coverage (n=88,531) | |||||
| Yes | 2.2 (2.0–2.4) | 0.016 | 36.7 (36.0–37.3) | <0.001 | |
| No | 1.9 (1.8–2.0) | 29.6 (29.2–29.9) | |||
| Self-rated health (n=88,531) | |||||
| Good /very good | 1.3 (1.2–1.4) | <0.001 | 19.0 (18.6–19.2) | <0.001 | |
| Fair | 2.6 (2.4–2.8) | 46.9 (46.3–47.5) | |||
| Bad/very bad | 4.4 (3.9–5.0) | 71.3 (70.1–72.4) | |||
| Family Health coverage (n=77,977) | |||||
| Yes | 1.8 (1.7–1.9) | <0.001 | 32.3 (31.9–32.6) | <0.001 | |
| No | 2.2 (2.1–2.4) | 30.5 (29.9–31.1) | |||
| Orientation toward PHC (n=9,479) | |||||
| High orientation | 1.3 (0.9–1.8) | 0.593 | 55.7 (53.8–57.4) | <0.001 | |
| Low orientation | 1.2 (0.9–1.4) | 44.9 (43.7–46.1) | |||
CI: confidence interval; PHC: primary health care.