Table 6.
Distribution of households by sanitary conditions and presence of electricity, 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 | ||
|
Defecation location |
n = 5268 |
n = 1827 |
n = 1083 |
n = 1463 |
n = 895 |
| Indoor household facility |
19.4% |
1.0% |
10.0% |
45.4% |
25.7% |
| |
CI:18.3-20.5 |
CI:0.6-1.5 |
CI:8.2-11.8 |
CI:42.9-48.0 |
CI:22.8-28.6 |
| Outdoor household facility |
49.5% |
58.2% |
71.2% |
29.5% |
38.1% |
| |
CI:48.1-50.8 |
CI:55.9-60.4 |
CI:68.5-73.9 |
CI:27.1-31.8 |
CI:34.9-41.3 |
| Outdoors in the open |
30.6% |
40.4% |
18.6% |
23.9% |
35.9% |
| |
CI:29.3-31.8 |
CI:38.2-42.7 |
CI:16.2-20.9 |
CI:21.7-26.0 |
CI:32.7-39.0 |
| Other |
0.6% |
0.3% |
0.3% |
1.2% |
0.3% |
| |
CI:0.4-0.8 |
CI:0.1-0.6 |
CI:0.0-0.6 |
CI:0.7-1.8 |
CI:0.0-0.7 |
|
Predominant destination of human waste |
n = 3567 |
n = 1041 |
n = 875 |
n = 1085 |
n = 566 |
| Sewage disposal system |
5.9% |
0% |
0.2% |
14.8% |
8.3% |
| |
CI:5.1-6.6 |
– |
CI:0.0-0.5 |
CI:12.6-16.9 |
CI:6.0-10.6 |
| Septic system |
30.6% |
8.7% |
26.3% |
38.3% |
62.5% |
| |
CI:29.1-32.1 |
CI:7.0-10.5 |
CI:23.4-29.2 |
CI:35.4-41.2 |
CI:58.5-66.5 |
| Rudimentary pit latrine |
63.3% |
91.0% |
73.5% |
46.6% |
28.8% |
| |
CI:61.7-64.9 |
CI:89.2-92.7 |
CI:70.6-76.4 |
CI:43.7-49.6 |
CI:25.1-32.5 |
| River, lake, or ocean |
0.2% |
0.3% |
0% |
0.3% |
0.4% |
| |
CI:0.1-0.4 |
CI:0.0-0.6 |
– |
CI:0.0-0.6 |
CI:0.0-0.8 |
|
Predominant destination of household trash |
n = 5271 |
n = 1831 |
n = 1083 |
n = 1463 |
n = 894 |
| Collected by removal service |
15.0% |
1.1% |
0% |
38.4% |
23.3% |
| |
CI:14.0-16.0 |
CI:0.6-1.6 |
– |
CI:35.9-40.9 |
CI:20.5-26.0 |
| Buried, discarded, or burned in the village |
79.0% |
85.9% |
98.6% |
58.6% |
74.7% |
| |
CI:77.9-80.1 |
CI:84.3-87.5 |
CI:97.9-99.3 |
CI:56.0-61.1 |
CI:71.9-77.6 |
| Discarded in a river, lake, or ocean |
0.8% |
2.2% |
0% |
0.2% |
0% |
| |
CI:0.6-1.1 |
CI:1.5-2.9 |
– |
CI:0.0-0.4 |
– |
| Other |
5.2% |
10.8% |
1.4% |
2.8% |
2.0% |
| |
CI:4.6-5.8 |
CI:9.4-12.2 |
CI:0.7-2.1 |
CI:2.0-3.6 |
CI:1.1-2.9 |
|
Predominant source of drinking water |
n = 5236 |
n = 1799 |
n = 1082 |
n = 1461 |
n = 894 |
| Municipal system |
9.4% |
0.2% |
0.1% |
28.0% |
8.6% |
| |
CI:8.6-10.1 |
CI:0.0-0.4 |
CI:0.0-0.3 |
CI:25.7-30.3 |
CI:6.8-10.5 |
| Spring or artesian well |
55.2% |
36.3% |
87.5% |
40.4% |
78.4% |
| |
CI:53.9-56.6 |
CI:34.1-38.5 |
CI:85.6-89.5 |
CI:37.9-42.9 |
CI:75.7-81.1 |
| Shallow well |
8.6 |
13.3 |
3.8 |
6.2 |
8.6 |
| |
CI:7.8-9.3 |
CI:11.8-14.9 |
CI:2.6-4.9 |
CI:4.9-7.4 |
CI:6.8-10.5 |
| River, lake or reservoir |
11.6% |
28.1% |
4.8% |
1.8% |
2.3% |
| |
CI:10.7-12.4 |
CI:26.0-30.1 |
CI:3.5-6.1 |
CI:1.2-2.5 |
CI:1.4-3.3 |
| Other |
15.3% |
22.1% |
3.8% |
23.6% |
2.0% |
| |
CI:14.3-16.3 |
CI:20.2-24.0 |
CI:2.6-4.9 |
CI:21.4-25.8 |
CI:1.1-2.9 |
|
Electricity in the home |
n = 5266 |
n = 1827 |
n = 1083 |
n = 1461 |
n = 895 |
| Yes |
64.8% |
30.1% |
66.4% |
94.4% |
85.6% |
| |
CI:63.5-66.1 |
CI:28.0-32.2 |
CI:63.6-69.2 |
CI:93.2-95.6 |
CI:83.3-87.9 |
| Yes, but discontinuous |
12.8% |
34.5% |
2.7% |
0.4% |
0.9% |
| |
CI:11.9-13.7 |
CI:32.4-36.7 |
CI:1.7-3.6 |
CI:0.1-0.7 |
CI:0.3-1.5 |
| No |
22.4% |
35.4% |
30.9% |
5.2% |
13.5% |
| CI:21.2-23.5 | CI:33.2-37.6 | CI:28.2-36.7 | CI:4.1-6.3 | CI:11.3-15.8 | |
CI: 95% confidence interval.