Table 1. Geographic regions in Brazil and state distribution of the 766 participants of the survey.

Geographic region/State	N* (%)	Actual state distribution** (%)
Southeast	361 (49.9)	55.5
São Paulo	231 (31.9)	31.5
Minas Gerais	54 (7.5)	11.0
Rio de Janeiro	59 (8.2)	11.0
Espirito Santo	17 (2.3)	2.0
South	141 (19.3)	15.4
Paraná	32 (4.4)	5.6
Rio Grande do Sul	65 (8.9)	6.1
Santa Catarina	44 (6.0)	3.7
Northeast	144 (19.8)	16.7
Alagoas	10 (1.4)	0.6
Bahia	38 (5.2)	4.7
Ceará	18 (2.5)	2.9
Maranhão	8 (1.1)	1.2
Paraíba	6 (0.8)	1.1
Pernambuco	35 (4.8)	3.3
Piauí	11 (1.5)	0.9
Rio Grande do Norte	11 (1.5)	1.4
Sergipe	7 (1.0)	0.6
Center-West	53 (7.3)	8.5
Federal District	15 (2.0)	2.9
Goiás	24 (3.3)	3.2
Mato Grosso	7 (1.0)	1.1
Mato Grosso do Sul	7 (1.0)	1.3
North	26 (3.7)	3.7
Acre	0 (0.0)	0.1
Amapá	1 (0.2)	0.2
Amazonas	6 (0.8)	0.7
Para	15 (2.0)	1.4
Rondônia	1 (0.2)	0.6
Roraima	1 (0.2)	0.2
Tocantins	2 (0.3)	0.5

* Urologists who participated in the survey;

** Official state distribution of urologists who received invitation for the survey.