Table 3. Prevalence of households with catastrophic expenditure on medicines 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 = 80) | C (n = 466) | D/E (n = 194) | General (n = 740) | |||||
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| % | 95%CI | % | 95%CI | % | 95%CI | % | 95%CI | |
| Region | p = 0.000 | p = 0.000 | p = 0.135 | p = 0.000 | ||||
| North | 2.2 | 1.0–5.1c | 4.5 | 3.2–6.3 | 5.1 | 3.1–8.4 | 4.3 | 3.2–5.9 |
| Northeast | 5.2 | 2.2–12.1c | 5.5 | 4.2–7.1 | 5.6 | 4.1–7.6 | 5.5 | 4.3–7.0 |
| Southeast | 0.9 | 0.4–2.1c | 1.8 | 1.2–2.5 | 3.0 | 1.5–5.9c | 1.7 | 1.3–2.3 |
| South | 2.1 | 1.4–3.1 | 3.9 | 2.9–5.3 | 5.4 | 3.0–9.7c | 3.5 | 2.7–4.5 |
| Midwest | 1.5 | 0.9–2.5 | 3.7 | 2.8–4.8 | 4.6 | 2.3–9.2c | 3.3 | 2.6–4.2 |
| Number of residents | p = 0.010 | p < 0.001 | p = 0.007 | p < 0.001 | ||||
| 1 | 0.4 | 0.1–1.5c | 1.6 | 1.0–2.5 | 2.0 | 1.1–3.6 | 1.6 | 1.1–2.2 |
| 2 | 0.7 | 1.4–30.5c | 3.2 | 2.5–4.2 | 5.1 | 3.2–7.9 | 3.1 | 2.4–3.9 |
| ≥ 3 | 2.1 | 1.3–3.2 | 3.7 | 3.0–4.5 | 5.2 | 3.8–6.9 | 3.6 | 3.0–4.2 |
| Situation of dependency by age | ||||||||
| Under 5 years | p = 0.034 | p = 0.088 | p = 0.194 | p = 0.337 | ||||
| Presence | 0.8 | 0.4–1.7 | 2.8 | 2.1–3.7 | 6.2 | 4.2–9.0 | 3.2 | 2.6–4.1 |
| Absence | 1.9 | 1.2–3.0 | 3.6 | 3.0–4.3 | 3.9 | 2.9–5.3 | 3.2 | 2.7–3.8 |
| Under 15 years | p = 0.026 | p = 0.008 | p = 0.041 | p < 0.001 | ||||
| Presence | 2.5 | 1.4–4.3 | 3.4 | 2.7–4.2 | 5.5 | 4.1–7.4 | 3.6 | 3.0–4.4 |
| Absence | 1.0 | 0.6–1.6 | 3.3 | 2.7–4.0 | 3.7 | 2.6–5.2 | 2.8 | 2.4–3.3 |
| 65 years or over | p = 0.179 | p = 0.429 | p = 0.346 | p = 0.879 | ||||
| Presence | 2.1 | 1.2–3.5 | 3.4 | 2.7–4.2 | 3.5 | 2.2–5.4 | 3.1 | 2.5–3.8 |
| Absence | 1.6 | 0.9–2.7 | 3.4 | 2.8–4.0 | 4.9 | 3.8–6.5 | 3.3 | 2.8–3.9 |
| Under 15 years, 65 years or over | p < 0.001 | p = 0.097 | p = 0.294 | p = 0.010 | ||||
| Presence | 2.4 | 1.5–3.8 | 3.3 | 2.7–4.0 | 4.8 | 3.6–6.3 | 3.4 | 2.9–4.0 |
| Absence | 0.5 | 0.3–1.0 | 3.5 | 2.8–4.4 | 4.3 | 2.8–6.5 | 2.9 | 2.4–3.6 |
| General | 1.7 | 1.1–2.5 | 3.4 | 2.9–3.9 | 4.6 | 3.6–5.9 | 3.2 | 2.8–3.8 |
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.