Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics, multimorbidity and prevalence of depression (PHQ-9 ≥ 10) for the Brazilian adult population. PNS/Brazil, 2013. (n = 60,202; weighted n = 146,308,458)

 Male

25,920

68,916,470

47.1

3,255,511

4.7

 Female

34,282

77,391,988

52.9

8,297,524

10.7

 18 to 29

14,321

38,157,850

26.1

2,174,491

5.7

 30 to 39

14,269

31,643,091

21.6

2,314,648

7.3

 40 to 49

11,405

26,423,124

18.0

2,305,212

8.7

 50 to 59

9,030

23,676,562

16.2

2,294,739

9.7

 60 to 69

6,238

14,894,253

10.2

1,277,645

8.6

 70 or more

4,939

11,513,578

7.9

1,186,299

10.3

 None or incomplete primary school

24,083

57,041,784

39.0

5,841,390

10.2

 Complete primary school or incomplete high school

9,215

22,761,619

15.5

1,776,611

7.8

 Complete high school or incomplete college/university

19,149

48,109,933

32.9

2,871,793

6.0

 Complete college/university

7,603

18,395,122

12.6

1,075,825

5.8

 Black

5,631

13,454,163

9.2

1,150,680

8.6

 White

24,106

69,441,261

47.5

5,198,101

7.5

 Asian

533

1,371,822

0.9

105,306

7.7

 Brown

29,512

61,418,883

42.0

5,048,783

8.2

 Indigenous

417

619,019

0.4

50,165

8.1

 Married or living with a partner

34,522

89,537,328

61.2

6,899,008

7.7

 Single or no partner

25,680

56,771,130

38.8

4,654,027

8.2

 North

12,536

10,885,968

7.4

659,268

6.1

 Northeast

18,305

38,947,575

26.6

3,121,942

8.0

 Center-west

7,519

10,775,569

7.4

885,227

8.2

 Southeast

14,294

64,074,682

43.8

4,913,627

7.7

 South

7,548

21,624,664

14.8

1,972,971

9.1

 Urban

49,245

126,132,422

86.2

10,260,840

8.1

 Rural

10,957

20,176,036

13.8

1,292,195

6.4

 None

33,768

80,093,878

54.8

3,003,770

3.8

 One

15,378

37,632,350

25.7

3,210,081

8.5

 Two

6,749

17,328,645

11.8

2,384,125

13.8

 Three or more

4,307

11,253,585

7.7

2,955,058

26.3