Table 5.

Increase of physicians in SUS and ratio per 1000 inhabitants per triennium

Municipality characteristics	2010–2012		2013–2015		2016–2018		2010–2018
	Absolute number	Physician per 1000 inhabitants ratio	Absolute number	Physician per 1000 inhabitants ratio	Absolute number		Absolute number in the physician per inhabitants ratio	Relative increase in the physician per inhabitants ratio (%)
Macro-region
Midwest	1125	0.03	2188	0.06	3032	0.14	0.23	19.92
Northeast	3336	0.06	8595	0.11	4736	0.08	0.25	31.06
North	438	− 0.01	3257	0.14	992	0.02	0.15	21.21
Southeast	10072	0.11	12073	0.07	10795	0.09	0.27	19.49
South	2846	0.10	6003	0.14	5283	0.15	0.39	32.25
Population
Up to 20,000 inhabitants	− 603	− 0.02	3842	0.09	663	0.02	0.09	17.20
Between 20,001 and 50,000 inhabitants	98	− 0.01	4258	0.09	1177	0.02	0.10	16.14
Between 50,001 and 100,000 inhabitants	770	0.01	3978	0.11	2593	0.08	0.21	23.68
Between 100,001 and 500,000 inhabitants	5507	0.09	9818	0.11	7457	0.10	0.31	24.26
Above 500,000 inhabitants	12045	0.20	10220	0.08	12948	0.17	0.44	25.61
Physician inhabitant ratio in 2009
Up to 01 physician per 1000 inhabitants	1927	0.03	7266	0.11	3014	0.05	0.19	27.20
Between 01 and 1.5 physicians per 1000 inhabitants	3500	0.06	8648	0.12	6496	0.11	0.29	28.43
Above 1.5 physicians per 1000 inhabitants	12390	0.11	16202	0.08	15328	0.11	0.29	21.44
GDP per capita in 2009
Below the national average	706	0.01	9114	0.09	2627	0.03	0.13	22.17
Above the national average	17111	0.12	23002	0.09	22211	0.13	0.34	22.90