Table 2.
Relative frequency of individuals reporting use of medications for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) related to obesity, by disease group and sociodemographic and geographic characteristics (n = 60,202).
| Sociodemographic and geographic characteristics | Individuals reporting use of medications, by group of NCDs related to obesity (%) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hypertension | DM | CVD | Stroke | CKD | Lung disease | Arthritis or rheumatism | Chronic back pain | Depression | |
| Brazil | 17.4 | 4.7 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 7.4 | 4.0 |
| Region | |||||||||
| North | 10.4 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 6.8 | 1.3 |
| Northeast | 15.3 | 3.9 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 3.0 | 8.0 | 2.4 |
| Southeast | 19.4 | 5.5 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 6.2 | 4.6 |
| South | 19.1 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 4.2 | 9.9 | 6.5 |
| Mid-west | 17.0 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 7.8 | 3.3 |
| Area | |||||||||
| Urban | 12.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 8.3 | 1.6 |
| Rural | 14.2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 6.3 | 2.2 |
| Sex | |||||||||
| Male | 14.2 | 4.0 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 5.7 | 2.0 |
| Female | 20.4 | 5.3 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 4.6 | 8.9 | 5.7 |
| Age (years) | |||||||||
| 18–29 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.02 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 5.3 | 2.0 | 1.7 |
| 30–39 | 6.1 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 9.4 | 5.5 | 3.5 |
| 40–49 | 15.5 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 9.6 | 5.3 |
| 50–59 | 29.2 | 7.8 | 4.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 5.9 | 11.3 | 5.5 |
| Race/skin color | |||||||||
| White | 18.7 | 5.2 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 3.5 | 7.5 | 4.7 |
| Black | 19.3 | 5.5 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 3.3 | 7.5 | 2.8 |
| Yellow | 15.6 | 6.0 | 2.6 | 0.02 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 4.6 | 2.5 |
| Mixed-race | 15.6 | 3.9 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 7.2 | 3.5 |
| Indigenous | 14.1 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 15.7 | 5.6 |
| Educational level | |||||||||
| No formal education or primary incomplete | 26.1 | 7.0 | 4.4 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 4.7 | 11.0 | 4.6 |
| Primary complete or secondary incomplete | 13.3 | 4.2 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 6.1 | 3.6 |
| Secondary complete or higher incomplete | 10.1 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 4.8 | 3.2 |
| Complete higher education or greater | 14.8 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
National Health Survey, Brazil, 2013.
DM, diabetes mellitus; CVD, cardiovascular disease; CKD, chronic kidney disease.