Table 2. Categories of diseases that stand out for the use of herbal and allopathic medicines, based on the quartile analysis for the Chapada do Araripe and maroon communities.
Bold numbers indicate values that are above the 75% quartile.
| Categories of diseases | Medicinal plants | Allopathic industrialized medicines | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Araripe | Maroon | Araripe | Maroon | |
| Digestive system | 95.5 | 72.7 | 5.4 | 0 |
| Respiratory system | 80.3 | 90.9 | 2.5 | 0 |
| Circulatory system | 70.6 | 50.0 | 37.2 | 77.3 |
| Mental and behavioral disorders | 52.1 | 68.2 | 9.7 | 0 |
| Disease or pain undefined | 100.0 | 77.3 | 12.5 | 13.6 |
| Infectious and parasitic disease | 80.1 | 9.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Endocrine and nutritional disease | 25.7 | 27.3 | 13.2 | 27.3 |
| Musculoskeletal and connective system | 54.8 | 22.7 | 12.0 | 9.0 |
| Reproductive system | 78.7 | 45.5 | 0 | 4.5 |
| Ritualistic use | 54.3 | 68.1 | 0 | 0 |