Table 6 Distribution of households by sanitary conditions and presence of electricity, by region, First National Survey of Indigenous People’s Health and Nutrition, Brazil, 2008-2009
Characteristics studied | All regions | Region | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
North | Central-West | Northeast | South/Southeast | ||
Defecation location | n = 5268 | n = 1827 | n = 1083 | n = 1463 | n = 895 |
Indoor household facility | 19.4% | 1.0% | 10.0% | 45.4% | 25.7% |
CI:18.3-20.5 | CI:0.6-1.5 | CI:8.2-11.8 | CI:42.9-48.0 | CI:22.8-28.6 | |
Outdoor household facility | 49.5% | 58.2% | 71.2% | 29.5% | 38.1% |
CI:48.1-50.8 | CI:55.9-60.4 | CI:68.5-73.9 | CI:27.1-31.8 | CI:34.9-41.3 | |
Outdoors in the open | 30.6% | 40.4% | 18.6% | 23.9% | 35.9% |
CI:29.3-31.8 | CI:38.2-42.7 | CI:16.2-20.9 | CI:21.7-26.0 | CI:32.7-39.0 | |
Other | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1.2% | 0.3% |
CI:0.4-0.8 | CI:0.1-0.6 | CI:0.0-0.6 | CI:0.7-1.8 | CI:0.0-0.7 | |
Predominant destination of human waste | n = 3567 | n = 1041 | n = 875 | n = 1085 | n = 566 |
Sewage disposal system | 5.9% | 0% | 0.2% | 14.8% | 8.3% |
CI:5.1-6.6 | – | CI:0.0-0.5 | CI:12.6-16.9 | CI:6.0-10.6 | |
Septic system | 30.6% | 8.7% | 26.3% | 38.3% | 62.5% |
CI:29.1-32.1 | CI:7.0-10.5 | CI:23.4-29.2 | CI:35.4-41.2 | CI:58.5-66.5 | |
Rudimentary pit latrine | 63.3% | 91.0% | 73.5% | 46.6% | 28.8% |
CI:61.7-64.9 | CI:89.2-92.7 | CI:70.6-76.4 | CI:43.7-49.6 | CI:25.1-32.5 | |
River, lake, or ocean | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0% | 0.3% | 0.4% |
CI:0.1-0.4 | CI:0.0-0.6 | – | CI:0.0-0.6 | CI:0.0-0.8 | |
Predominant destination of household trash | n = 5271 | n = 1831 | n = 1083 | n = 1463 | n = 894 |
Collected by removal service | 15.0% | 1.1% | 0% | 38.4% | 23.3% |
CI:14.0-16.0 | CI:0.6-1.6 | – | CI:35.9-40.9 | CI:20.5-26.0 | |
Buried, discarded, or burned in the village | 79.0% | 85.9% | 98.6% | 58.6% | 74.7% |
CI:77.9-80.1 | CI:84.3-87.5 | CI:97.9-99.3 | CI:56.0-61.1 | CI:71.9-77.6 | |
Discarded in a river, lake, or ocean | 0.8% | 2.2% | 0% | 0.2% | 0% |
CI:0.6-1.1 | CI:1.5-2.9 | – | CI:0.0-0.4 | – | |
Other | 5.2% | 10.8% | 1.4% | 2.8% | 2.0% |
CI:4.6-5.8 | CI:9.4-12.2 | CI:0.7-2.1 | CI:2.0-3.6 | CI:1.1-2.9 | |
Predominant source of drinking water | n = 5236 | n = 1799 | n = 1082 | n = 1461 | n = 894 |
Municipal system | 9.4% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 28.0% | 8.6% |
CI:8.6-10.1 | CI:0.0-0.4 | CI:0.0-0.3 | CI:25.7-30.3 | CI:6.8-10.5 | |
Spring or artesian well | 55.2% | 36.3% | 87.5% | 40.4% | 78.4% |
CI:53.9-56.6 | CI:34.1-38.5 | CI:85.6-89.5 | CI:37.9-42.9 | CI:75.7-81.1 | |
Shallow well | 8.6 | 13.3 | 3.8 | 6.2 | 8.6 |
CI:7.8-9.3 | CI:11.8-14.9 | CI:2.6-4.9 | CI:4.9-7.4 | CI:6.8-10.5 | |
River, lake or reservoir | 11.6% | 28.1% | 4.8% | 1.8% | 2.3% |
CI:10.7-12.4 | CI:26.0-30.1 | CI:3.5-6.1 | CI:1.2-2.5 | CI:1.4-3.3 | |
Other | 15.3% | 22.1% | 3.8% | 23.6% | 2.0% |
CI:14.3-16.3 | CI:20.2-24.0 | CI:2.6-4.9 | CI:21.4-25.8 | CI:1.1-2.9 | |
Electricity in the home | n = 5266 | n = 1827 | n = 1083 | n = 1461 | n = 895 |
Yes | 64.8% | 30.1% | 66.4% | 94.4% | 85.6% |
CI:63.5-66.1 | CI:28.0-32.2 | CI:63.6-69.2 | CI:93.2-95.6 | CI:83.3-87.9 | |
Yes, but discontinuous | 12.8% | 34.5% | 2.7% | 0.4% | 0.9% |
CI:11.9-13.7 | CI:32.4-36.7 | CI:1.7-3.6 | CI:0.1-0.7 | CI:0.3-1.5 | |
No | 22.4% | 35.4% | 30.9% | 5.2% | 13.5% |
CI:21.2-23.5 | CI:33.2-37.6 | CI:28.2-36.7 | CI:4.1-6.3 | CI:11.3-15.8 | |