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Table 2 Distribution and percentage of the primary health care units according to the classification by the Index of Social Vulnerability by categories and quintiles in the five metropolitan regions, 2016, Brazil

From: Spatial distribution of the “Mais Médicos (More Doctors) Program” and social vulnerability: an analysis of the Brazilian metropolitan regions

Distribution of the primary health care units by category according to the Index of Social Vulnerability (N and %)

IVS Categorya

Porto Alegreb

São Paulob

Distrito Federal

Manaus

Recife

Total

 Very low

120 (25.5)

117 (12.3)

26 (6.9)

2 (0.7)

22 (4.5)

287 (11.1)

 Low

225 (47.9)

295 (30.9)

90 (23.8)

34 (11.4)

34 (6.9)

678 (26.2)

 Medium

113 (24.0)

492 (51.6)

166 (43.9)

88 (29.5)

155 (31.5)

1014 (39.1)

 High

12 (2.6)

50 (5.2)

90 (23.8)

115 (38.6)

191 (38.8)

458 (17.7)

 Very high

0 (0)

0 (0)

6 (1.6)

59 (19.8)

90 (18.3)

155 (6.0)

 Total

470 (100)

954 (100)

378 (100)

298 (100)

492 (100)

2.592 (100)

Distribution of the primary health care units by quintiles according to the Social Vulnerability Index (N and %)

Quintilesc

Porto Alegre

São Paulo

Distrito Federal

Manaus

Recife

Total

 1st

98 (20.9)

175 (18.3)

36 (9.5)

10 (3.4)

29 (5.9)

348 (13.4)

 2nd

95 (20.2)

205 (21.5)

71 (18.8)

55 (18.5)

67 (13.6)

493 (19.0)

 3rd

130 (27.7)

241 (25.3)

76 (20.1)

71 (23.8)

99 (20.1)

617 (23.8)

 4th

88 (18.7)

215 (22.5)

73 (19.3)

71 (23.8)

131 (26.6)

578 (22.3)

 5th

59 (12.6)

118 (12.4)

122 (32.3)

91 (30.5)

166 (33.7)

556 (21.5)

 Total

470 (100)

954 (100)

378 (100)

298 (100)

492 (100)

2.592 (100)

  1. aIPEA’s IVS categories: very high > 0.500, high 0.500 to 0.401, medium 0.400 to 0301, low 0.300 to 0.201, and very low < 0.200
  2. bNonexistent areas with very high vulnerability in the Porto Alegre and São Paulo metropolitan regions
  3. cIVS quintiles: Porto Alegre 1st 0.065 to 0.180, 2nd 0.190 to 0.230, 3rd 0.240 to 0.290, 4th 0.300 to 0.340, and 5th 0.350 to 0.445; São Paulo 1st 0.055 to 0.220, 2nd 0.230 to 0.290, 3rd 0.300 to 0.350, 4th 0.360 to 0.390, and 5th 0.400 to 0.504; Distrito Federal 1st 0.040 to 0.230, 2nd 0.240 to 0.290, 3rd 0.300 to 0.340, 4th 0.350 to 0.380, and 5th 0.390 to 0.475; Manaus 1st 0.083 to 0.250, 2nd 0.260 to 0.330, 3rd 0.340 to 0.410, 4th 0.420 to 0.470, and 5th 0.480 to 0.686; and Recife 1st 0.076 to 0.260, 2nd 0.270 to 0.320, 3rd 0.330 to 0.390, 4th 0.400 to 0.460, and 5th 0.470 to 0.704