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. 2013 Jan 19;13:52. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-52

Table 2.

Descriptive statistics for the total population and target population (women and children) of villages and households investigated, by region, First National Survey of Indigenous People’s Health and Nutrition, Brazil, 2008-2009

Characteristics studied
All regions
Region
    North Central-West Northeast South/Southeast
Villages
Total residents
 Mean/SD
716.4/1304.8
360.9/659.3
2494.8/2620.5
792.9/1103.5
472.3/403.8
 Min/max
30/7081
30/4642
74/7081
66/5200
81/1500
 Median
268
181
1407
517
320
Women from 14 to 49 years
 Mean/SD
151.0/281.7
78.0/143.1
560.8/601.2
134.8/100.2
102.6/91.0
 Min/max
8/1651
8/826
23/1651
14/411
14/352
 Median
56
33
357
108
69
Children < 5 years
 Mean/SD
120.0/223.0
63.2/95.4
457.6/463.5
99.4/139.4
75.2/70.3
 Min/max
5/1245
5/640
9/1245
11/606
7/252
 Median
41
34
206
49
48
Households
Total residents
 Mean/SD
6.1/3.0
7.4/3.4
5.5/2.6
5.2/2.5
5.4/2.4
 Min/max
1/41
2/41
1/24
1/25
2/20
 Median
6
7
5
5
5
Women from 14 to 49 years
 Mean/SD
1.4/0.8
1.6/1.0
1.3/0.6
1.4/0.8
1.3/0.7
 Min/max
0/11
0/11
0/5
0/5
0/5
 Median
1
1
1
1
1
Children < 5 years
 Mean/SD
1.2/1.0
1.5/1.1
1.2/1.0
1.0/1.0
1.0/1.0
 Min/max
0/11
0/11
0/7
0/5
0/7
 Median 1 1 1 1 1