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Table 1 Prevalence (%), respective confidence intervals and estimate of the population n from the complex sample of Digital Rectal Examinations in Brazilian men, with private health plan and SUS users, according to the independent variables

From: Digital rectal examination and its associated factors in the early detection of prostate cancer: a cross-sectional population-based study

 

Private

Public

Variables

Prev (%) CI (95%)

n estimated pop

Prev (%) CI (95%)

n estimated pop

Age group

 40–49

38.1 (33.8–42.7)

1.405.763

23.2 (20.7–26.0)

1.948.036

 50–59

66.5 (60.9–71.6)

2.460.502

44.2 (40.9–47.6)

3.368.704

 60–69

86.1 (81.8–89.5)

1.632.061

56.3 (52.3–60.3)

2.597.727

 70–79

87.2 (80.9–91.6)

883.170,10

63.5 (57.9–68.7)

1.597.197

 80

87.1 (70.7–94.9)

486.952,40

53.7 (44.7–62.4)

493.567,30

Self-reported skin color

 White

64.8 (61.3–68.1)

4.562.037

44.9 (42.0–47.8)

4.714.661

 Non white

60.5 (55.8–65.0)

2.306.411

39.0 (36.8–41.4)

5.290.570

Marital status

 No spouse

56.1 (50.3–61.7)

935.843,30

34.6 (31.7–37.7)

2.127.869

 With spouse

64.6 (61.4–67.6)

5.932.605

44.0 (42.0–46.1)

7.877.363

Health self-perception

 Very good/good

61.2 (57.9–64.5)

4.865.342

35.8 (33.5–38.2)

4.485.569

 Regular

68.5 (62.5–73.8)

1.752.565

47.1 (44.1–50.0)

4.359.475

 Bad/Very bad

71.6 (55.6–83.5)

250.542,30

51.0 (46.1–55.8)

1.160.187

Consumption of alcohol

 Abstinent

63.8 (60.2–67.3)

4.286.342

44.3 (42.2–46.4)

7.433.818

 Moderate

63.4 (58.4–68.2)

2.077.424

39.2 (35.4–43.1)

1.924.645

 Excessive

58.2 (48.8–67.1)

504.683,40

27.4 (23.1–32.3)

646.768,60

Consumption of tobacco

 Never smoked

61.5 (57.9–65.0)

3.693.281

41.3 (38.8–44.0)

4.518.163

 Ex-smoker

72.0 (66.9–76.5)

2.392.354

49.4 (46.2–52.6)

3.687.023

 Smoker

51.2 (43.2–59.1)

782.812,70

31.8 (28.5–35.3)

1.800.046

Brazil Criterion

 A and B

67.1 (62.3–71.5)

2.744.026

44.0 (39.3–48.9)

1.937.959

 C

60.4 (55.6–65.0)

2.333.540

43.7 (40.8–46.6)

4.170.152

 D and E

61.8 (56.7–66.5)

1.790.882

38.8 (36.3–40.9)

3.897.120

Education level

 Iliterate

70.2 (57.9–80.2)

273.077,60

38.3 (34.7–42.1)

1.700.334

 Primary

65.4 (60.1–70.4)

2.152.602

41.9 (39.6–44.3)

5.804.146

 High school

57.0 (52.1–61.8)

1.944.312

41.6 (37.4–45.9)

1.864.492

 Undergraduate

66.3 (61.3–71.0)

2.498.457

49.1 (42.3–56.0)

636,258,9

Employment

 Employed

57.7 (54.3–61.1)

4.442.582

36.1 (34.0–38.2)

5.552.262

 Unemployed

76.7 (71.2–81.5)

2.425.866

51.4 (48.3–54.5)

4.452.969

Multmorbidity

 0 or 1

57.9 (54.6–61.2)

4.203.414

35.2 (33.2–37.3)

6.109.789

 2

72.5 (65.3–78.6)

1.334.487

53.2 (48.8–57.5)

2.001.653

 3

77.3 (68.4–84.3)

786.950,30

61.7 (55.1–67.8)

1.085.068

 4 or more

73.5 (62.9–81.9)

543.597,40

68.3 (60.7–75.1)

808.721,10

Geographic region

 Southeast

63.7 (59.5–67.7)

3.985.687

46.4 (43.1–49.9)

4.446.176

 South

66.2 (60.1–71.8)

1.252.068

41.1 (36.7–45.7)

1.452.174

 Midwest

62.9 (57.1–68.3)

512.759,40

45.5 (41.4–49.6)

775.189,50

 Northeast

60.9 (54.8–66.6)

926.761,90

37.1 (34.2–40.0)

2.715.986

 North

52.5 (42.8–62.0)

191.171,70

32.1 (28.6–35.8)

615.705,50

Housing area

 Urban

64.2 (61.3–67.0)

6.707.967

43.6 (41.4–45.7)

8.230.541

 Rural

39.1 (30.1–48.9)

160.481,90

34.4 (31.7–37.1)

1.774.691