Table 2. Socioeconomic characteristics of patients of Primary Health Care services, per region. National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines – Services, 2015.
| Variable | North | Northeast | Midwest | Southeast | South | BRAZIL | ||||||
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| % | 95%CI | % | 95%CI | % | 95%CI | % | 95%CI | % | 95%CI | % | 95%CI | |
| Education level per sex | ||||||||||||
| Illiterate | ||||||||||||
| F | 7.9 | 6.4–9.7 | 12.5 | 10.4–14.9 | 5.8 | 4.4–7.7 | 7.2 | 5.7–9.0 | 11.2 | 9.4–13.2 | 9.7 | 8.8–10.8 |
| M | 13.6 | 10.4–17.6 | 18.1 | 13.6–23.5 | 7.4 | 4.9–11.1 | 8.5 | 5.8–12.1 | 11.0 | 8.1–14.6 | 11.9 | 10.1–14.0 |
| Total | 9.4 | 7.9–11.0 | 13.7 | 11.8–15.9 | 6.3 | 5.0–7.9 | 7.5 | 6.2–9.1 | 11.1 | 9.6–12.8 | 10.3 | 9.4–11.2 |
| Elementary School | ||||||||||||
| F | 48.5 | 45.6–51.5 | 53.9 | 50.6–57.2 | 54.2 | 50.8–57.5 | 52.1 | 49.0–55.1 | 49.0 | 46.0–52.0 | 51.8 | 50.2–53.5 |
| M | 60.6 | 55.4–65.4 | 58.5 | 52.1–64.6 | 66.8 | 61.2–71.9 | 63.2 | 57.8–68.3 | 54.6 | 49.5–59.6 | 59.8 | 56.9–62.6 |
| Total | 51.6 | 49.0–54.2 | 54.9 | 52.0–57.8 | 57.6 | 54.6–60.4 | 54.8 | 52.1–57.5 | 50.4 | 47.9–53.0 | 53.7 | 52.3–55.2 |
| High School | ||||||||||||
| F | 37.5 | 34.7–40.4 | 28.8 | 25.9–31.9 | 32.8 | 29.7–36.1 | 33.8 | 31.0–36.8 | 31.7 | 29.0–34.5 | 31.9 | 30.4–33.5 |
| M | 22.7 | 18.8–27.1 | 21.2 | 16.5–26.9 | 22.0 | 17.7–27.0 | 22.8 | 18.6–27.6 | 26.6 | 22.4–31.4 | 23.3 | 21.0–25.8 |
| Total | 33.7 | 31.4–36.2 | 27.2 | 24.6–29.9 | 29.9 | 27.3–32.6 | 31.1 | 28.7–33.6 | 30.4 | 28.1–32.8 | 29.9 | 28.6–31.2 |
| Higher education | ||||||||||||
| F | 6.0 | 4.8–7.6 | 4.8 | 3.5–6.4 | 7.2 | 5.6–9.1 | 6.9 | 5.5–8.7 | 8.2 | 6.7–9.9 | 6.5 | 5.8–7.4 |
| M | 3.2 | 1.9–5.3 | 2.3 | 1.0–4.8 | 3.8 | 2.2–6.7 | 5.6 | 3.6–8.5 | 7.8 | 5.5–11.0 | 5.0 | 3.9–6.3 |
| Total | 5.3 | 4.3–6.5 | 4.2 | 3.2–5.5 | 6.3 | 5.0–7.8 | 6.6 | 5.4–8.0 | 8.1 | 6.8–9.6 | 6.2 | 5.5–6.9 |
| ABEP | ||||||||||||
| A+B | 7.1 | 5.7–9.1 | 5.5 | 4.1–8.0 | 11.1 | 8.8–14.5 | 15.4 | 12.0–18.7 | 28.1 | 24.5–32.5 | 14.9 | 13.5–16.5 |
| C | 54.9 | 50.2–59.6 | 45.6 | 40.9–50.5 | 64.3 | 58.9–70.0 | 57.2 | 52.5–62.2 | 61.5 | 57.1–66.4 | 55.1 | 52.6–57.7 |
| D+E | 38.0 | 34.7–41.8 | 48.9 | 44.9–53.3 | 24.6 | 21.8–27.9 | 27.4 | 24.6–30.6 | 10.4 | 8.8–12.5 | 30.0 | 28.3–31.9 |
| Government aid | ||||||||||||
| Bolsa Família benefit | 36.5 | 30.3–43.1 | 46.7 | 41.0–52.5 | 19.0 | 15.3–23.4 | 14.4 | 11.5–17.7 | 11.3 | 9.2–13.8 | 24.8 | 21.7–28.2 |
| Unemployment insurance | 0.6 | 0.3–1.2 | 0.1 | 0.0–0.6 | 0.6 | 0.2–2.0 | 0.3 | 0.1–0.6 | 0.9 | 0.5–1.8 | 0.4 | 0.3–0.7 |
| Does not have | 58.8 | 53.5–63.9 | 47.2 | 43.4–51.1 | 77.0 | 73.6–80.1 | 82.1 | 78.3–85.3 | 74.6 | 68.1–80.2 | 68.2 | 64.2–72.0 |
| Other | 4.0 | 2.3–7.0 | 5.8 | 2.2–14.5 | 3.4 | 2.0–5.7 | 3.2 | 1.8–5.7 | 13.2 | 8.4–20.0 | 6.5 | 4.5–9.3 |
| Health insurance | ||||||||||||
| Yes | 2.5 | 1.9–3.3 | 8.5 | 6.0–12.1 | 6.2 | 5.0–7.6 | 9.6 | 8.0–11.5 | 16.7 | 14.7–18.8 | 9.8 | 8.9–10.7 |
ABEP: economic classification according to the Brazilian Association of Research Enterprises
F: female; M: male
Source: PNAUM – Services, 2015.