Table 1

Patients participating in Brazil’s ‘FP is available here’ programme, total and with two or more dispensings versus one dispensing, by gender, age and region, 2008–2012

TotalTwo or more dispensingsOne dispensing only
Diabetes
 Age (n; mean (SD))6 026 05855.5 (15.1)3 608 67756.8 (14.0)2 417 38153.6 (16.5)
 Gender (n, %)Woman3 602 94459.7%2 168 13160.0%1 434 81359.3%
Man2 413 71840.0%1 433 89539.7%979 82340.5%
 Region (n, %)North169 3302.8%79 5172.2%89 8133.7%
Northeast849 18414.1%444 65312.3%404 53116.7%
Southeast3 769 15162.5%2 336 80764.7%1 432 34459.2%
South885 39114.7%540 57215.0%344 81914.2%
West-Centre359 3246.0%209 9635.8%149 3616.2%
Total 6 032 380 100.0% 3 611 512 100.0% 2 420 868 100.0%
Hypertension
 Age (n; mean (SD))14 374 24455.8 (15.1)9 525 18356.7 (14.3)4 849 06153.97 (16.4)
 Gender (n, %)Woman8 636 05360.0%5 777 64960.6%2 858 40458.8%
Man5 714 48739.7%3 728 72139.1%1 985 76640.9%
 Region (n, %)North469 7393.3%232 2502.4%237 4894.9%
Northeast2 121 30814.7%1 201 13312.6%920 17518.9%
Southeast8 290 83257.6%5 714 24359.9%2 576 58953.0%
South2 562 09517.8%1 780 67818.7%781 41716.1%
West-Centre948 1026.6%606 0296.4%342 0737.0%
Total 14 392 076 100.0% 9 534 333 100.0% 4 857 743 100.0%
  • FP, Farmácia Popular.