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. 2020 May 15;54:50. doi: 10.11606/s1518-8787.2020054002596

Table 5. Prevalence of one or more risk factors for severe Covid-19 among the Brazilian general adult population by risk criteria and Brazilian states, PNS 2013.

Brazilian States Adult population (≥ 18 years) Prevalence of one or more risk factors for severe Covid-19, %

Criterion 1 (n = 52,511) Criterion 2 (n = 51,770)


Prevalence (%) 95%CI N at risk Prevalence (%) 95%CI N at risk
Brazil 158,255,554 34.0 33.2–34.7 53,806,888 54.4 53.6–55.2 86,091,021
Brazilian States              
Rondônia 1,296,218 29.6 26.7–32.7 383,681 50.3 47.3–53.2 651,998
Acre 581,754 28.1 25.3–31.0 163,473 50.0 46.8–53.2 290,877
Amazonas 2,769,201 25.1 22.6–27.8 695,069 48.7 45.7–51.7 1,348,601
Roraima 430,939 25.0 22.3–27.9 107,735 48.6 45.0–52.2 209,436
Pará 5,971,477 26.2 23.2–29.3 1,564,527 45.2 41.8–48.7 2,699,108
Amapá 570,298 23.4 20.2–26.9 133,450 45.9 41.6–50.3 261,767
Tocantins 1,125,023 33.1 29.0–37.6 372,383 52.2 48.7–55.7 587,262
Maranhão 4,873,279 30.0 26.3–34.0 1,461,984 48.5 43.9–53.0 2,363,540
Piauí 2,383,425 32.7 29.4–36.1 779,380 53.0 49.6–56.3 1,263,215
Ceará 6,788,403 33.8 31.0–36.7 2,294,480 53.7 50.8–56.6 3,645,372
Rio Grande do Norte 2,632,403 33.2 30.2–36.3 873,958 52.9 49.7–56.1 1,392,541
Paraiba 2,984,647 33.4 30.6–36.3 996,872 49.0 46.0–51.9 1,462,477
Pernambuco 7,035,040 33.2 30.7–35.8 2,335,633 53.4 50.8–55.9 3,756,711
Alagoas 2,377,983 31.7 28.6–35.0 753,821 53.5 49.7–57.3 1,272,221
Sergipe 1,688,955 30.8 28.0–33.8 520,198 50.0 46.7–53.2 844,478
Bahia 11,044,986 30.3 26.8–34.1 3,346,631 48.9 44.8–53.0 5,400,998
Minas Gerais 16,425,183 35.6 33.1–38.2 5,847,365 55.1 52.0–58.2 9,050,276
Espírito Santo 3,047,439 31.5 27.6–35.6 959,943 48.1 43.6–52.7 1,465,818
Rio de Janeiro 13,419,464 36.0 33.8–38.1 4,831,007 55.8 53.6–58.0 7,488,061
São Paulo 35,414,776 35.6 33.7–37.4 12,607,660 58.2 56.2–60.2 20,611,400
Paraná 8,736,014 34.9 31.7–38.2 3,048,869 57.1 53.3–60.9 4,988,264
Santa Catarina 5,578,842 34.1 30.2–38.2 1,902,385 55.9 51.6–60.1 3,118,573
Rio Grande do Sul 8,902,263 39.5 36.8–42.3 3,516,394 58.4 55.6–61.1 5,198,922
Mato Grosso do Sul 2,045,881 34.7 31.6–37.8 709,921 57.6 54.5–60.7 1,178,427
Mato Grosso 2,543,642 31.9 28.9–35.1 811,422 54.8 51.9–57.6 1,393,916
Goiás 5,277,383 34.4 31.5–37.4 1,815,420 52.0 49.1–54.9 2,744,239
Distrito Federal 2,310,636 29.9 27.3–32.5 690,880 49.2 46.3–52.1 1,136,833

N at risk: number of adults (≥18 years) at risk of severe Covid-19

Criterion 1: age ≥ 65 years or diagnosis of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, hypertension, cancer (< 5 years of diagnosis), or stroke; Criterion 2: additionally obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2), current smoking, chronic kidney disease (diagnosis and under Hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, taking medication or did a kidney transplant), moderate to severe asthma (diagnosis and taking inhalers, aerosol or tablets)