Research Article

Prevalence of Chronic Pain, Treatments, Perception, and Interference on Life Activities: Brazilian Population-Based Survey

Table 2

Chronic pain prevalence by gender and human development index by region.

Chronic pain prevalence ()
% in the region (% in Brazil)
Prevalence among females % in the region (% in Brazil)HDI 2010
Max–Min
by

Northern36% (5)67% (5)0.708–0.646
Northeastern30% (10)52% (10)0.684–0.631
Midwest24% (1)50% (1)0.824–0.725
Southeastern40% (75)57% (75)0.783–0.731
Southern43% (9)58% (10)0.774–0.746

Total39% (100)57% (100)

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