Table 2.

Comparison of five regions in Brazil in terms of demographics, number and distribution of primary health care facilities in 2012.

Characteristics		Southeast (Least Poor)	South	Northeast	Central-West	North (Most Poor)	Total Brazil
Population size 2013 in thousands–n (%)		84,465 (42%)	28,795 (14%)	55,795 (28%)	14,993 (8%)	16,983 (8%)	201,033
City Size	Major	6 (35%)	2 (12%)	5 (29%)	2 (23%)	2 (12%)	17
	Large	135 (48%)	50 (18%)	55 (17%)	17 (6%)	24 (8%)	281
	Medium	107 (31%)	52 (15%)	120 (35%)	19 (6%)	42 (12%)	340
	Small	1420 (29%)	1087 (22%)	1614 (33%)	429 (8%)	382 (8%)	4932
Number of PHC facilities		11,943 (31%)	6315 (16%)	14,638 (38%)	2706 (7%)	3210 (8%)	38,812
PHC facility workforce size		195,420 (36%)	85,744 (16%)	184,746 (34%)	39,901 (7%)	43,483 (8%)	549,294
PHC facilities by city size	Major	1012 (45%)	307 (14%)	424 (19%)	229 (10%)	298 (13%)	2270
	Large	3564 (44%)	1309 (16%)	2074 (26%)	483 (6%)	682 (8%)	8112
	Medium	1440 (28%)	730 (14%)	2159 (42%)	297 (6%)	553 (11%)	5179
	Small	5927 (25%)	3969 (17%)	9981 (43%)	1697 (7%)	1671 (7%)	23,251
Graduated professional available at PHU	Yes	8659 (35%)	4048 (16%)	8581 (35%)	1786 (7%)	1654 (7%)	24,728
	No	2315 (22%)	1495 (14%)	4783 (46%)	537 (5%)	1327 (13%)	10,457
	Other	718 (27%)	419 (16%)	1038 (39%)	316 (12%)	198 (7%)	2689
Type of services rendered at PHU	Dentist	7398 (30%)	4606 (19%)	9186 (37%)	1937 (8%)	1526 (6%)	24,653
	Vaccination	8537 (29%)	4649 (16%)	12,117 (41%)	2081 (7%)	1999 (7%)	29,383
	Pharmacy	8064 (28%)	4954 (17%)	11,679 (40%)	1934 (7%)	2597 (7%)	29,228
	Physician	10,491 (31%)	5919 (18%)	11,992 (36%)	2431(7%)	2125 (6%)	32,958
	Dressing	10,868 (31%)	5850 (17%)	13,142 (37%)	2459 (7%)	2751 (8%)	35,070
	Nurse	10,830 (31%)	5668 (16%)	13,208 (38%)	2489 (7%)	2497 (7%)	34,692