Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of the population in Brazil and in the Brazilian regions 19.
| Socio-Demographic Characteristic | Brazil | Brazilian Regions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North | Northeast | Southeast | South | Central-West | ||
| Estimated population in 2014 | 203,834,190 | 16,394,272 | 57,454,690 | 85,663,161 | 29,580,665 | 14,741,402 |
| Urbanization rate (%) | 84.8 | 74.6 | 73.3 | 93.2 | 85.5 | 90.1 |
| ≈ Number of dwellings (1000) | 57,557 | 4,010 | 14,994 | 25,310 | 8,993 | 4,250 |
| % without regular water supply | 18.3 | 44.6 | 24.0 | 9.0 | 11.6 | 16.2 |
| % without adequate sanitation | 44.5 | 84.8 | 66.3 | 14.1 | 42.1 | 56.4 |
| % without regular waste collection | 14.1 | 25.8 | 26.7 | 4.4 | 5.8 | 8.6 |
| % not covered by the family health program | 30.1 | 49.0 | 35.2 | 64.1 | 49.7 | 50.9 |
| Per capita GDP in US$ PPP (2014) | 8,619 | 5,725 | 4,203 | 11,478 | 9,748 | 11,845 |
| Gini index | 0.526 | 0.526 | 0.530 | 0.511 | 0.481 | 0.544 |
| Women’s fecundity rate | 1.77 | 2.22 | 1.89 | 1.63 | 1.62 | 1.74 |
| Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 born alive) | 15.0 | 19.2 | 19.4 | 11.6 | 10.4 | 15.6 |
| Life expectancy at birth (years) | 74.8 | 71.5 | 72.2 | 76.6 | 76.9 | 74.4 |