Table 1. Prevalence of self-reported high blood pressure, indication of treatment and use of medication for high blood pressure among the Brazilian population aged 20 or over, according to sociodemographic characteristics, PNAUM, Brazil, 2104a.

Variable		Prevalence of hypertension			Hypertension patients with indication for drug treatment			Hypertension patients with indication for drug treatment using medication		p
		%	95%CI	p	%	95%CI	p	%	95%CI
Gender	Male	18.5	17.4–19.8		93.1	91.2–94.6		93.4	91.5–94.9
	Female	28.1	27.0–29.1	< 0.001	94.1	92.9–95.1	0.292	95.2	94.2–96.1	0.026
Age group	20 to 39	6.0	5.2–6.9		78.0	71.1–83.6		78.4	70.8–84.5
	40 to 59	27.5	26.3–28.8		93.4	91.9–94.7		94.7	93.4–95.8
	60 or over	59.0	57.4–60.5	< 0.001	98.1	97.6–98.5	< 0.001	97.6	97.0–98.1	< 0.001
Brazilian region	North	16.3	14.6–18.1		91.7	89.0–93.9		91.4	88.1–93.8
	Northeast	21.7	20.3–23.1		92.2	90.0–93.9		91.1	87.6–93.7
	Southeast	26.0	24.3–27.7		94.9	93.0–96.2		95.6	94.2–96.7
	South	22.4	20.8–24.0		93.0	90.4–95.0		97.4	96.1–98.2
	Midwest	24.1	22.0–26.3	< 0.001	92.9	90.4–94.8	0.495	94.0	92.2–95.5	< 0.001
CCEBb	A/B	22.3	20.4–24.3		94.7	92.6–96.2		96.2	94.3–97.5
	C	23.9	22.8–25.0		93.4	91.9–94.7		94.8	93.6–95.8
	D/E	24.7	23.1–26.3	0.127	93.5	91.5–95.1	0.064	92.3	89.2–94.6	0.019
Total		23.7	22.8–24.6		93.7	92.6–94.7		94.6	93.5–95.5

^a Percentage adjusted by sample weights and post-stratification according to age and gender.

^b Classified according to Critério de Classificação Econômica Brasil 2013 (CCEB 2013 – Brazilian Economic Classification Criterion) of Associação Brasileira de Empresas de Pesquisa (ABEP – Brazilian Association of Survey Companies). Available from: http://www.abep.org