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. 2017 Mar 2;40(2 Suppl):S12–S23. doi: 10.1097/JAC.0000000000000184

Table 1. Distribution of Users With Diabetes According to Sociodemographic Characteristics and Municipality Context (Ministério da Saúde, Brasil, 2015a).

Variable n %
Age in years (quartiles) (n = 6264)
18-52 1700 27.1
53-60 1514 24.2
61-67 1496 23.9
68-92 1554 24.8
Sex (n = 6309)
Male 1985 31.5
Female 4324 68.5
Skin color/race (n = 6242)
White 2540 40.7
Black 851 13.6
Brown 2659 42.6
Yellow/indigenous 192 3.1
Lives with a partner (n = 6306)
Yes 4211 66.8
No 2095 33.2
Literate (6305)
Yes 4622 73.3
No 1683 26.7
Family income per capita (US$a) (quartiles) (n = 5693)
0-47.7 1424 25.0
47.8-95.4 1568 27.5
95.5-184.0 1464 25.8
184.1-2300 1238 21.7
Region (n = 6186)
North 234 3.8
Northeast 1282 20.7
Southeast 3307 53.5
South 872 14.1
Midwest 491 7.9
Population size (inhabitants) (n = 6186)
Very small: up to 10,000 832 13.4
Small: 10,001-30,000 1465 23.7
Medium: 30,001-100,000 1204 19.5
Large: 100,001-300,000 734 11.9
Very large: over 300,000 1951 31.5
HDI-M and quartiles (n = 6120)
0.480-0.696 1556 25.4
0.697-0.779 1542 25.2
0.780-0.832 1529 25.0
0.833-0.920 1493 24.4
FHS municipal coverage—terciles (%) (n = 6185)
Up to 47.6 2064 33.4
47.7-82.0 2063 33.4
82.1-100 2058 33.2

Abbreviations: FHS, Family Health Strategy; HDI-M, Municipal Human Development Index.

a1 US$ = R$ 3.26.