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. 2011 Aug 4;9:39. doi: 10.1186/1478-7954-9-39

Table 4.

Proportion of ill-defined conditions, injuries, home deaths, municipalities, and population by municipality size in selected administrative areas of Brazil, 2007

Administrative area and municipality size (inhabitants) % Ill-defined % Injury % Home deaths % Municipalities % Population
Minas Gerais northeast
(n = 5,409) (n = 5,409) (n = 5,409) (n = 63) (n = 881,340)
 < 50,000 29.8 8.7 35.9 98.4 85.6
 50,000-99,999 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
 100,000 + 9.5 10.6 22.3 1.6 14.4
 Missing* 2.5 2.5 2.5 0.0 0.0
 Total 25.8 9.2 32.5 100.0 100.0
Minas Gerais state
(n = 111,366) (n = 111,366) (n = 111,366) (n = 853) (n = 19,719,285)
 < 50,000 14.3 9.2 25.7 92.1 42.3
 50,000-99,999 12.2 10.0 19.2 4.5 13.6
 100,000 + 7.5 13.5 16.3 3.4 44.1
 Missing* 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0
 Total 11.2 11.1 20.9 100.0 100.0
Southeast
(n = 495,877) (n = 495,877) (n = 495,877) (n = 1,668) (n = 80,641,101)
 < 50,000 12.2 9.2 22.0 85.7 22.0
 50,000-99,999 11.1 10.3 16.9 6.2 9.3
 100,000 + 6.1 11.4 13.8 8.1 68.7
 Missing* 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0
 Total 8.0 11.0 15.9 100.0 100.0
Brazil
(n = 1,047,824) (n = 1,047,824) (n = 1,047,824) (n = 5,564) (n = 189,335,191)
 < 50,000 10.6 11.3 30.2 89.5 33.8
 50,000-99,999 9.0 12.5 23.0 5.6 11.4
 100,000 + 5.5 13.0 16.0 4.9 54.8
 Missing* 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.0
 Total 7.7 12.5 21.4 100.0 100.0

Source: Ministry of Health (http://www2.datasus.gov.br/DATASUS/index.php; accessed May 2011)

* Record linkage of the population size data bank and the Mortality Information System was not possible.