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

From: Farmácia Popular Program: changes in geographic accessibility of medicines during ten years of a medicine subsidy policy in Brazil

 

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

  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>
  2. *regional data is not available for 2012;
  3. **Medical Doctors registered in the national database of health establishments.