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. 2025 Oct 10;39:e105. doi: 10.1590/1807-3107bor-2025.vol39.105

Table 3. Number of observations, estimates, and respective 95% confidence intervals of prevalence for the variables of access to services and health investigation used in the study. Brazil, 2020.

Variables n unweighted n weighted % 95%CI
General health self-assessment
Good or very good 57.710 115.561.048 68.6 68.0–69.2
Regular 27.113 43.786.710 26.0 25.5–26.5
Poor or very poor 6.023 9.078.431 5.4 5.2–5.6
Oral health self-assessment
Good or very good 61.705 118.260.910 70.2 69.6–70.8
Regular 23.919 41.637.248 24.7 24.2–25.2
Poor or very poor 5.222 8.528.031 5.1 4.8–5.3
Household registered in ESF*
Yes 57.500 104.019.987 61.8 60.7–62.9
No 22.512 45.342.317 26.9 25.9–27.9
Don’t know 10.834 19.063.885 11.3 10.8–11.9
Private health insurance
Medical
Yes 20.568 44.718.551 26.6 25.8–27.3
No 70.278 123.707.638 73.4 72.7–74.2
Dental
Yes 10.726 22.097.488 13.1 12.6–13.6
No 80.120 146.328.701 86.9 86.4–87.4
Frequency of visits to healthcare professionals (years)
Medical doctor
<1 71.548 134.459.293 79.9 79.3–80.3
1–2 9.277 16.572.600 9.8 9.5–10.2
2–3 3.228 5.870.387 3.5 3.3–3.7
> 3 or never 6.793 11.523.911 6.8 6.5–7.2
Dentist
< 1 41.669 83.624.648 49.6 49.0–50.3
1–2 15.075 28.465.295 16.9 16.4–17.4
2–3 7.589 13.834.409 8.2 7.9–8.6
> 3 or never 26.513 42.501.838 25.2 24.7–25.8
Reason for dentist consultation
Dental treatments 35.574 69.927.839 83.6 81.0–86.2
Periodontal treatments 366 1.022.911 1.2 1.0–1.5
Orthodontic or prosthetic treatments 5.520 12.246.878 14.6 13.6–15.8
Mouth wound 65 136.696 0.2 0.1–.03
Others 144 290.319 0.3 0.3–0.4
Inquiry about smoking
Yes 7.032 13.593.366 61.2 59.7–62.8
No 3.659 6.092.424 27.4 26.0–28.9
Not in the last 12 months 1.582 2.511.824 11.3 10.3–12.4
Treatment for smoking cessation
Yes 957 1.627.324 15.6 14.1–17.2
No 4.743 8.819.983 84.4 82.8–85.9
Cancer diagnosis
Yes 2.316 4.072.613 2.4 2.3–2.6
No 88.530 164.353.575 97.6 97.4–97.7
Oral cancer diagnosis
Yes 91 218.099 5.4 3.7–7.6
No 2.225 3.854.514 94.6 92.4–96.3
Lung cancer diagnosis
Yes 78 128.476 3.2 2.2–4.5
No 2.238 3.944.136 96.8 95.5–97.8
Breast cancer diagnosis
Yes 485 987.651 24.3 21.2–27.3
No 1.831 3.084.962 75.7 72.4–78.8
Prostate cancer diagnosis
Yes 339 589.192 14.5 12.3–16.9
No 1.977 3.483.420 85.5 83.1–87.7
Other cancer diagnosis
Yes 207 353.180 8.7 7.1–10.5
No 2.109 3.719.432 91.3 89.5–92.9

*“Estratégia Saúde da Família” (Family Health Strategy in literal translation) is a primary healthcare program implemented by the Brazilian government to provide comprehensive healthcare services, emphasizing preventive care and health promotion within communities.