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
Northern	36% (5)	67% (5)	0.708–0.646
Northeastern	30% (10)	52% (10)	0.684–0.631
Midwest	24% (1)	50% (1)	0.824–0.725
Southeastern	40% (75)	57% (75)	0.783–0.731
Southern	43% (9)	58% (10)	0.774–0.746
Total	39% (100)	57% (100)

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