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Table 1 Economic, health structure and health indicators, Brazil and regions, 2006 to 2012

	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
GDP per capita(USD)*
Brazil	5,824	7,215	8,715	8,470	11,229	12,856	-
North	3,667	4,469	5,568	5,320	7,215	8,291	-
Northeast	2,767	3,421	4,081	4,089	5,432	6,196	-
Southeast	7,764	9,556	11,544	11,088	14,763	16,925	-
South	6,499	8,224	9,950	9,675	12,908	14,556	-
West-Center	7,137	8,962	11,117	11,197	14,175	16,614	-
Life expectancy on birth (years)
Brazil	72.4	72.5	72.8	73.1	73.4	74.2	75.4
North	71.3	71.6	71.9	72.2	72.4	71.1	71.3
Northeast	69.4	69.7	70.1	70.4	70.8	71.6	71.9
Southeast	73.8	74.1	74.3	74.6	74.9	75.9	76.3
South	74.4	74.7	75.0	75.2	75.5	76.2	76.6
West-Center	73.5	73.7	74.0	74.3	74.5	77.5	77.7
Number of MD per inhabitant**
Brazil	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.6
North	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8
Northeast	0.8	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Southeast	1.6	1.7	1.8	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.1
South	1.3	1.4	1.5	1.6	1.7	1.6	1.7
West-Center	1.3	1.3	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.6
Diabetes prevalence per 100 inhabitants
Brazil	8.8	8.8	9.7	9.5	9.9	10.3	11.7
North	8.6	7.6	7.2	7.5	8.4	9.5	8.4
Northeast	8.5	9	9.5	9.6	9.1	10.3	10.7
Southeast	9.3	9.3	10.6	10.1	10.7	10.7	12.9
South	7.9	8.7	8.5	9.3	10.5	9.4	12.5
West-Center	7.8	7.2	8.4	8.1	9.1	9.4	10.5
Hypertension prevalence per 100 inhabitants (Population 25 years old and over)
Brazil	21.5	22.3	23.9	24.4	23.3	24.3	24.3
North	19.1	17.3	17.4	18.9	18.1	19.9	18.7
Northeast	21.4	21.6	22.3	23.5	22.0	23.2	23.9
Southeast	22.8	24.6	27.0	26.8	25.2	26.2	25.8
South	20.9	21.8	23.3	22.8	23.8	24.4	24.7
West-Center	19.4	19.6	20.8	22.3	22.6	23.2	24.1

Source: Basic data and indicators - Brazil - 2012 IDB-2012 – Department of Informatics of the National Health System (DATASUS) available in: <http://tabnet.datasus.gov.br/cgi/idb2012/matriz.htm>
*regional data is not available for 2012;
**Medical Doctors registered in the national database of health establishments.