Diarrhea and health inequity among Indigenous children in Brazil: results from the First National Survey of Indigenous People’s Health and Nutrition

Table 5 Prevalence rates of reported diarrhea during the previous week among Indigenous children < 5 years of age, with prevalence ratios and confidence intervals, according to proximal child health (fifth level) characteristics

Characteristic studied	N^†	Prevalence (%)	Crude PR	CI 95%
Hospitalization due to acute respiratory infection during prior year
No	4737	22.39	1.00	Reference
Yes	425	27.99	1.21	1.00–1.46
Hospitalization during prior year
No	4737	22.39	1.00	Reference
Yes	1072	27.61	1.20	1.05–1.37
Anemia
No	2310	18.51	1.00	Reference
Yes	2830	29.54	1.62	1.41–1.85
Another child at home with diarrhea
No	4403	19.38	1.00	Reference
Yes	1425	39.74	2.03	1.74–2.38
Lower respiratory tract infection during prior week
No	4548	19.64	1.00	Reference
Yes	1262	37.97	2.01	1.78–2.27

First National Survey of Indigenous People’s Health and Nutrition, Brazil, 2008–2009.
^†Maximum N for each category, which may vary between variables due to missing data.

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