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Table 1 Key epidemiological and economic indicators by region

From: The distributional effects of tobacco tax increases across regions in Mexico: an extended cost-effectiveness analysis

Indicators

Regional

National

Northwest

Northeast

West

Centre

South

Population (in thousands, 2019)a

16,058

16,738

22,638

41,320

29,206

125,960

Smoking prevalence by income group (%, individuals 10 + years, 2019)b

 First (bottom 20%)

20.7%

16.3%

16.3%

13.7%

8.9%

12.1%

 Second

18.7%

18.1%

19.2%

15.3%

10.5%

15.2%

 Third

17.0%

18.0%

17.3%

17.3%

9.7%

16.1%

 Fourth

15.6%

18.5%

16.1%

18.7%

12.6%

16.8%

 Fifth (top 20%)

14.8%

18.1%

15.2%

16.5%

11.9%

15.9%

 Total

16.6%

18.0%

16.6%

16.5%

10.1%

15.3%

Number of smokers (in thousands, individuals 10 + years, 2019)b

 First (bottom 20%)

266

214

277

608

879

2245

 Second

409

366

556

1059

563

2952

 Third

506

517

707

1226

346

3301

 Fourth

518

610

726

1307

367

3529

 Fifth (top 20%)

586

824

791

1634

257

4091

 Total

2284

2531

3057

5833

2413

16,100

Average cigarette consumption per day (2019)b

4.3

3.4

4.6

2.7

1.7

3.2

% of urban population (2019)b

83.1%

84.2%

77.8%

84.7%

61.4%

77.9%

Population in poverty (%, in thousands, 2018)c

27.6% (4496)

28.7% (4736)

36.5% (8125)

42.5% (17,542)

60.9% (17,526)

41.9%(52,426)

Population in extreme poverty (%, in thousands, 2018)c

2.3% (375)

2.8% (454)

4.0% (892)

4.8% (1982)

19.5% (5607)

7.4% (9310)

GDP per capita (MX$, 2018)d

205,545

238,552

163,539

186,512

128,332

178,221

Public health expenditure per capita (MX$, 2018)e

5460

4987

4514

5845

4430

5115

Health insurance coverage (%, 2019)b

 Social security

59.8%

59.8%

47.2%

43.3%

30.5%

45.5%

 Seguro Popular

24.2%

26.6%

34.8%

34.0%

52.0%

35.9%

  1. Northwest = Baja California, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Durango, Sonora and Sinaloa. Northeast = Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas and Zacatecas. West = Aguascalientes, Colima, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacán and Nayarit. Centre = Ciudad de México, Estado de México, Hidalgo, Morelos, Puebla, Querétaro and Tlaxcala. South = Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz and Yucatán
  2. GDP Gross Domestic Product, MX$ Mexican pesos
  3. aCONAPO
  4. bENSANUT 2018–19 (INEGI/INSP)
  5. cCONEVAL
  6. dINEGI
  7. eMinistry of Health