“Inequalities in access to medicines for diabetes and hypertension across the capitals in different regions of Brazil: a population-based study”

Table 2 Absolute inequality (Slope Index-SII) in the lack of access to medicines for hypertension and diabetes in relation to the education and region of residence of the studied Brazilians. Vigitel. 2019

	Prevalence of lack of access according to schooling
	none	1 a 4	5 a 8	9 a 11	12 or more	P value^a	SII	P value^b
Antihypertensive	8.2	11.3	12.0	10.7	7.2	0.037	−3.6	0.056
Antidiabetic	12.5	9.4	7.2	12.2	8.7	0.279	0.7	0.825
	Prevalence of lack of access by region of residence
	North	Northeast	Midwest	Southeast	South	P value^a	SII	P value^b
Antihypertensive	12.5	12.1	10.2	9.7	7.7	0.065	−4.7	0.004
Antidiabetic	13.5	11.0	9.2	9.3	5.6	0.188	−5.4	0.020

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