Table 2. Characteristics of stress testing in Brazil and regional distribution.
| Brazilian regions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Procedures | Center-west | Northeast | North | Southeast | South | Brazil | |
| Catheterization | N (%) | 55,633 (6.4%) | 152,441 (17.7%) | 26,621 (3.1%) | 458,199 (53.1%) | 169,733 (19.7%) | 862,627 (100%) |
| N/100k inhabitants (SD) | 205.7 (57.7) | 340.7 (69.6) | 201.5 (35.3) | 387.5 (87.1) | 545.5 (114.5) | 399.4 (87) | |
| Cost in USD | 10,183,369 | 27,973,972 | 4,870,375 | 83,828,598 | 31,033,846 | 157,890,161 | |
| Stress Echo | N (%) | 13,683 (13.0%) | 18,153 (17.2%) | 13,474 (12.8%) | 44,708 (42.5%) | 15,277 (14.5%) | 105,295 (100%) |
| N/100k inhabitants (SD) | 180.9 (120.5) | 279.3 (183.7) | 341.7 (92.9) | 123 (89.8) | 72.8 (58.1) | 153.1 (103.6) | |
| Cost in USD | 883,941 | 882,888 | 660,668 | 2,161,854 | 741,813 | 5,332,164 | |
| Scintigraphy | N (%) | 27,221 (4.1%) | 146,803 (21.9%) | 2,3790 (3.6%) | 378,403 (56.5%) | 93,752 (14.0%) | 669,969 (100%) |
| N/100k inhabitants (SD) | 168.5 (86.3) | 271.7 (78.5) | 181 (99.7) | 258 (65.1) | 194.3 (79.8) | 237.3 (73.4) | |
| Cost in USD | 3,259,379 | 17,625,845 | 2,848,253 | 44,953,883 | 11,171,408 | 79,858,768 | |
| Stress ECG | N (%) | 212,782 (7.1%) | 551,655 (18.3%) | 128,935 (4.3%) | 1,706,256 (56.6%) | 416,365 (13.8%) | 3,015,993 (100%) |
| N/100k inhabitants (SD) | 648.3 (412.7) | 893.3 (555.3) | 474.9 (283.8) | 905.9 (426.4) | 660.4 (294.2) | 815.7 (419) | |
| Cost in USD | 2,860,012 | 5,183,218 | 1,151,205 | 15,239,763 | 3,723,223 | 28,157,422 | |
| ACS | Total number of deaths | 79,092 | 328,164 | 55,286 | 618,667 | 209,267 | 1,290,476 |
| Mortality rate per 100k | 127.6 | 139.4 | 84.5 | 125.0 | 158.6 | 133.8 | |