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Table 1 Characteristics of women aged 18 and over according to geographic region of residence. Brazilian National Health Survey, 2013

From: Regional and social inequalities in the performance of Pap test and screening mammography and their correlation with lifestyle: Brazilian national health survey, 2013

Variables

North

(n = 2298)

Northeast

(n = 8504)

Southeast

(n = 14,049)

South

(n = 4675)

Midwest

(n = 2319)

Total

(n = 31,845)

p value

 

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

 

Age bracket (years)

 18–29

761

33.1

2304

27.1

3123

22.2

1104

23.6

627

27.0

7918

24.9

<0.001

 30–39

555

24.2

1886

22.2

2931

20.9

941

20.1

499

21.5

6812

21.4

 

 40–49

400

17.4

1557

18.3

2592

18.4

911

19.5

441

19.0

5902

18.5

 

 50–59

274

11.9

1225

14.4

2429

17.3

788

16.8

369

15.9

5085

16.0

 

 ≥60

308

13.4

1533

18.0

2974

21.2

930

19.9

382

16.5

6127

19.2

 

Marital Status

 Living with a partner

1425

62.0

4963

58.4

7900

56.2

2992

64.0

1385

59.7

18,666

58.6

<0.001

 Not living with a partner

873

38.0

3541

41.6

6148

43.8

1683

36.0

933

40.3

13,179

41.4

 

Skin colour

 White

511

22.7

2306

27.6

7943

57.4

3618

78.0

923

40.4

15,301

48.8

<0.001

 Black

175

7.8

1015

12.1

1357

9.8

219

4.7

167

7.3

2933

9.4

 

 Brown

1562

69.5

5039

60.3

4540

32.8

800

17.3

1139

52.2

13,133

41.9

 

Years of Schooling

 ≤7

907

39.5

3886

45.7

4748

33.8

1804

38.6

796

34.3

12,141

38.1

<0.001

 8–10

383

16.7

1183

13.9

2000

14.2

731

15.6

366

15.8

4662

14.6

 

 ≥11

1008

43.9

3436

40.4

7300

52.0

2140

45.8

1157

49.9

15,041

47.2

 

Women covered by private health insurance

 Yes

388

16.9

1502

17.7

5619

40.0

1602

34.3

772

33.3

9882

31.0

<0.001

 No

1911

83.1

7002

82.3

8430

60.0

3073

65.7

1546

66.7

21,963

69.0

 

Self-reported health status

 Very good or good

1322

57.5

4455

52.4

9528

67.8

3078

65.8

1503

64.8

19,886

62.4

<0.001

 Fair

800

34.8

3248

38.2

3792

27.0

1295

27.7

677

29.2

9812

30.8

 

 Poor or very poor

176

7.6

801

9.4

729

5.2

302

6.5

139

6.0

2146

6.7

 

Smoking

 Never smoked

1809

78.7

6325

74.4

10,555

75.1

3396

72.6

1769

76.3

23,855

74.9

<0.001

 Former smoker

309

13.5

1337

15.7

1876

13.4

657

14.1

308

13.3

4488

14.1

 

 Smokes, but not daily

47

2.0

140

1.7

162

1.2

57

1.2

23

1.0

429

1.3

 

 Smokes every day

133

5.8

702

8.3

1456

10.4

565

12.1

218

9.4

3074

9.7

 

Leisurely physical activity at the recommended levelsa

 No

1943

84.6

7005

82.4

11,370

80.9

3832

82.0

1850

79.8

26,000

81.6

0.047

 Yes

355

15.4

1499

17.6

2678

19.1

844

18.0

469

20.2

5845

18.4

 

Recommended consumption of fruit and vegetablesb

 No

1476

64.2

6115

71.9

7928

56.4

2945

63.0

1223

52.7

19,687

61.8

<0.001

 Yes

822

35.8

2389

28.1

6121

43.6

1730

37.0

1096

47.3

12,158

38.2

 

Mammogram (50–69 years old)

 Never

257

54.8

929

45.2

953

23.3

348

26.6

210

34.3

2697

31.6

<0.001

 Last than two years ago

155

33.1

860

41.9

2550

62.3

785

59.9

298

48.6

4647

54.5

 

 Two years ago or more

57

12.2

265

12.9

590

14.4

176

13.5

104

17.0

1192

14.0

 

Pap test (25–64 years old)

 Never

213

12.8

739

12.3

899

8.9

222

6.6

133

7.8

2205

9.7

<0.001

 Last than 3 years ago

1243

75.1

4480

74.4

8120

80.5

2780

82.7

1372

80.7

17,994

78.8

 

 Three years ago or more

201

12.1

805

13.4

1069

10.6

360

10.7

194

11.4

2629

11.5

 
  1. aat least 150 min or more of mild/moderate physical activity or 75 min or more of vigorous physical activity per week
  2. bat least five daily servings of vegetables and fruit