Is there a fair distribution of the structure of dental services in the capitals of the Brazilian Federative Units?

de Sousa Queiroz, Rejane Christine; Ribeiro, Ana Graziela Araújo; Tonello, Aline Sampieri; Pinheiro, Ana Carolina Mendes; Júnior, José Aquino; Rocha, Thiago Augusto Hernandes; da Silva, Núbia Cristina; Costa, Elisa Miranda; Vissoci, João Ricardo Nickenig; Staton, Catherine; Facchini, Luiz Augusto; Thomaz, Erika Bárbara Abreu Fonseca

doi:10.1186/s12939-018-0899-5

International Journal for Equity in Health

Table 1 Description of study variables. Brazilian capitals, 2010–2012

From: Is there a fair distribution of the structure of dental services in the capitals of the Brazilian Federative Units?

	N° PCF/100,000 inhabitants	% elderly	% education > than 15 years	GDP per capita (R$)	% population with caries	OHT Coverage (%)	% Dental office^a	% Dental instruments^b	% Dental supplies^c
Porto Velho-RO	9.9	5.6	70.1	28,842.40	93.5	64.9	5.9	52.9	64.7
Rio Branco-AC	19.2	6.4	67.7	17,958.00	89.9	51.3	0.0	52.4	23.8
Manaus-AM	12.1	6.0	69.3	29,803.80	89.4	27.8	2.1	77.9	15.7
Boa Vista-RR	12.1	5.2	66.5	19,653.60	90.6	27.6	27.3	0.0	0.0
Belém-PA	5.2	9.3	75.7	17,451.80	89.3	16.9	0.0	0.0	4.2
Macapá-AP	11.8	5.2	65.6	17,863.00	88.7	55.6	4.2	8.3	0.0
Palmas-TO	13.6	4.4	68.7	20,085.40	89.3	59.4	41.9	87.1	77.4
São Luís-MA	4.8	7.7	74.3	21,827.90	87.0	23.1	0.0	20.6	0.0
Teresina-PI	9.9	8.5	74.9	16,071.20	83.6	85.0	44.4	33.3	0.0
Fortaleza-CE	3.6	9.7	75.7	18,259.40	87.5	45.3	66.7	10.0	16.7
Natal-RN	6.5	10.4	76.7	21,608.10	86.0	50.8	0.0	23.5	8.8
João Pessoa-PB	20.3	10.3	75.2	18,645.40	91.5	83.9	3.1	35.7	16.3
Recife-PE	8.9	11.8	77.8	27,272.80	82.9	30.8	9.1	70.2	57.0
Maceió-AL	3.9	8.5	73.0	15,889.20	87.2	31.2	0.0	13.3	0.0
Aracaju-SE	7.3	9.1	75.2	21,310.00	74.3	43.9	7.4	22.2	7.4
Salvador-BA	3.9	9.3	77.9	17,436.40	76.6	14.8	48.4	38.7	6.5
Belo Horizonte-BH	6.1	12.6	80.1	31,004.10	78.8	47.7	74.7	45.9	56.8
Vitória-ES	7.8	12.0	79.2	72,975.10	77.5	56.7	36.4	95.5	86.4
Rio de Janeiro-RJ	2.8	14.9	79.2	39,405.30	79.8	25.0	14.5	85.5	68.0
São Paulo-SP	3.8	11.9	78.0	46,883.00	83.5	17.3	57.1	41.3	10.8
Curitiba-PR	5.7	11.3	78.5	39,243.00	84.4	44.4	0.0	87.9	73.7
Florianópolis-SC	11,3	11.5	79.2	31,998.90	73.3	62.0	45.5	93.2	56.8
Porto Alegre-RS	14.5	15.0	80.1	38,056.80	81.3	33.6	26.6	66.4	25.8
Campo Grande-MS	7.2	9.9	74.8	23,796.90	86.9	42.4	2.9	61.8	11.8
Cuiabá-MT	11.4	8.1	75.1	28,837.70	85.8	7.3	0.0	100.0	100.0
Goiânia-GO	6.3	9.6	77.1	28,343.10	80.6	35.6	20.3	25.4	10.2
Brasília-DF	5.5	7.7	73.6	61,876.10	76.9	23.5	44.6	16.1	10.7
BRAZIL	6.0	9.3	74.8	28,607.30	84.3	41.0	21.6	46.9	30.0

^aProportion of Primary Health Care Facilities in the municipality who have all the eight types of equipment in the dental office (a room for OHT, dental chair, compressor, delivery systems, stool, reflector, auxiliary unit or assistant’s vacuum group and photopolymerizer)
^bProportion of Primary Health Care Facilities in the municipality who have all the eight types if instrument (dycal applicator, dentin brushers, resin insertion trowel, tweezers, mirror, explorer, glass plate and carpule syringe)
^cProportion of Primary Health Care Facilities in the municipality who have all the 12 dental restorative supplies (acid and tapes, cotton, local anesthetics, various drills, restorative cement, PPE, fluoride, gauze, temporary restorative material, carbon paper, sealants, resins and box of piercing material)

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