Table 2. Prevalence of households with catastrophic health expenditure stratified by economic class, according to the regions of the Country, number of inhabitants, and presence of children and residents in a situation of dependency by age. PNAUM, Brazil, 2014.
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| A/B (n = 137) | C (n = 727) | D/E (n = 288) | General (n = 1.152) | |||||
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| % | 95%CI | % | 95%CI | % | 95%CI | % | 95%CI | |
| Region | p < 0.001 | p = 0.001 | p = 0.072 | p < 0.001 | ||||
| North | 3.2 | 1.7–5.8c | 6.8 | 5.0–9.2 | 6.7 | 4.4–10.2 | 6.2 | 4.8–8.1 |
| Northeast | 6.9 | 3.5–13.1c | 7.8 | 5.9–10.0 | 8.3 | 6.3–10.9 | 7.9 | 6.3–9.8 |
| Southeast | 1.5 | 0.8–2.7c | 3.8 | 2.6–5.5 | 4.2 | 2.2–7.6c | 3.2 | 2.4–4.2 |
| South | 3.3 | 2.3–4.6 | 7.3 | 5.9–9.0 | 6.7 | 4.0–11.0 | 6.1 | 5.0–7.3 |
| Midwest | 3.5 | 2.2–5.4 | 6.7 | 5.4–8.2 | 8.8 | 5.2–14.4 | 6.2 | 5.1–7.5 |
| Number of residents | p = 0.016 | p < 0.001 | p = 0.002 | p < 0.001 | ||||
| 1 | 0.8 | 0.3–1.9c | 2.6 | 1.8–3.7 | 2.8 | 1.7–4.5 | 2.4 | 1.8–3.2 |
| 2 | 1.7 | 1.0–2.9 | 5.3 | 4.2–6.7 | 6.9 | 4.7–9.8 | 4.9 | 4.0–5.9 |
| ≥ 3 | 3.0 | 2.2–4.2 | 6.4 | 5.3–7.7 | 7.8 | 6.0–9.9 | 5.8 | 5.0–6.8 |
| Situation of dependency by age | ||||||||
| Under 5 years | p = 0.006 | p = 0.749 | p = 0.178 | p = 0.372 | ||||
| Presence | 1.4 | 0.8–2.3 | 6.0 | 4.5–8.0 | 8.2 | 5.6–11.8 | 5.7 | 4.5–7.1 |
| Absence | 3.0 | 2.1–4.1 | 5.7 | 4.9–6.6 | 6.1 | 4.7–7.8 | 5.1 | 4.5–5.8 |
| Under 15 years | p = 0.064 | p = 0.051 | p = 0.015 | p = 0.001 | ||||
| Presence | 3.4 | 2.1–5.3 | 6.4 | 5.2–7.9 | 8.1 | 6.2–10.5 | 6.1 | 5.2–7.3 |
| Absence | 2.0 | 1.4–2.8 | 5.0 | 4.3–5.9 | 5.2 | 4.0–6.9 | 4.3 | 3.8–5.0 |
| 65 years or over | p = 0.121 | p = 0.408 | p = 0.323 | p = 0.628 | ||||
| Presence | 3.7 | 2.5–5.4 | 5.3 | 4.4–6.4 | 5.7 | 4.1–7.9 | 5.1 | 4.3–5.9 |
| Absence | 2.4 | 1.6–3.5 | 5.9 | 4.9–7.0 | 7.0 | 5.5–8.9 | 5.3 | 4.6–6.2 |
| Under 15 years, 65 years or over | p = 0.002 | p = 0.325 | p = 0.255 | p = 0.010 | ||||
| Presence | 3.4 | 2.4–4.8 | 6.0 | 5.0–7.2 | 7.2 | 5.6–9.1 | 5.7 | 4.9–6.6 |
| Absence | 1.4 | 0.9–2.2 | 5.3 | 4.4–6.4 | 5.7 | 4.0–8.0 | 3.7 | 5.2–8.7c |
| General | 2.6 | 1.9–2.2 | 5.8 | 5.0–6.7 | 6.7 | 5.4–8.3 | 5.3 | 4.6–6.0 |
a The percentages shown were weighted by the sample weights.
b Brazil Economic Classification Criterion developed by the Brazilian Research Association (CCEB 2013/ABEP). Available from: http://www.abep.org
c We recommend caution in the interpretation of the data.