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Table 5 Distribution of mammography units in the nine Metropolitan Regions, in non-metropolitan regions and in Brazil, 2009

From: Inequalities in socioeconomic status and race and the odds of undergoing a mammogram in Brazil

Region

Total number of mammography units

Number of women aged 40 years or older

Mammography units per million women

Brazil

3,089

31,721,764

97.4

 Non-metropolitan

1,539

21,346,285

72.1

MR combined

1,550

10,375,479

149.4

 RM Belém

34

308,820

110.1

 RM Fortaleza

62

539,588

114.9

 RM Recife

65

659,013

98.6

 RM Salvador

110

598,978

183.6

 RM Belo Horizonte

167

972,151

171.8

 RM Rio de Janeiro

404

2.422,282

166.8

 RM São Paulo

530

3.526,152

150.3

 RM Curitiba

67

549,707

121.9

 RM Porto Alegre

111

798,788

139.0

  1. Source: IBGE