Figure 1.
Brazilian Federal Units and their respective skin color distributions and populations.
Notes: (A) Estimated prevalence of psoriasis in an Amazonian state (Northern Brazil);37 (B) Psoriasis is the most frequent cause of erythroderma (44.9%) in São Paulo.48 White skin color predominates in the southern states, while black and brown skin colors predominate in northeastern and northern Brazil. According to the Brazilian Society of Dermatology, the northern and southern regions were the regions with least and most expressive psoriasis-motivated consultations, respectively. Figure adapted from ibge.gov.br [homepage on the internet]. Atlas do Censo Demográfico 2010; 2010. Available from: http://censo2010.ibge.gov.br/apps/atlas/.47