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Table 5 Prevalence (P), prevalence ratio (PR) and 95 % confidence interval (95 % CI) of severe and very severe degrees of limitation among individuals with NCDs, according to whether they had private health insurance. Brazilian National Health Survey, 2013

From: Social inequalities in the prevalence of self-reported chronic non-communicable diseases in Brazil: national health survey 2013

Morbidities

Measurements

Total

Private health insurance

Yes

No

Arterial hypertension

P

4.71

2.84

5.39

PR(a)

 

1.00

1.90

95 % CI

  

(1.22-2.94)

Diabetes

P

7.04

8.00

6.66

PR(a)

 

1.00

0.80

95 % CI

  

(0.47-1.35)

Stroke

P

25.48

24.37

25.79

PR(a)

 

1.00

1.11

95 % CI

  

(0.67-1.85)

Arthritis

P

17.1

14.56

18.08

PR(a)

 

1.00

1.23

95 % CI

  

(0.92-1.66)

Asthma

P

6.00

2.54

7.32

PR(a)

 

1.00

2.94

95 % CI

  

(1.25-6.88)

Spinal problems

P

16.42

12.19

17.81

PR(a)

 

1.00

1.51

95 % CI

  

(1.25-1.83)

Musculoskeletal disorders

P

15.73

14.39

15.73

PR(a)

 

1.00

1.14

95 % CI

  

(0.75-1.74)

Depression

P

11.83

8.551

13.17

PR(a)

 

1.00

1.48

95 % CI

  

(1.05-2.07)

Cancer

P

10.32

5.128

13.29

PR(a)

 

1.00

2.59

95 % CI

  

(1.41-4.76)

Chronic kidney failure

P

11.85

4.023

15.14

PR(a)

 

1.00

3.42

95 % CI

  

(1.27-9.22)

  1. (a)PR adjusted for sex, age and region
  2. Results graphed in bold correspond to a statistically significant prevalences