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08.21.2015
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National Health Research (PNS) visited 81,767 homes across the country.
Survey provides data on women's health, the elderly and children.
More than half of the population is overweight (Photo: Roos Koole / MAG ANP / ANP / AFP Archive)
In Brazil, 56.9% of people over 18 years are overweight, or have a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 25. In addition, 20.8% of people are classified as obese because they BMI equal to or greater than 30. Obesity is a major risk factor for diseases such as hypertension, diabetes and cancer.
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The data are from the National Health Survey (PNS), made by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), which had the third volume of results published on Friday (21). The first volume of data was released in December 2014 and the second was released in June 2015.
The research, which is in its first edition, visited 81,767 houses in all Brazilian states in the second half of 2013, including 62 986 agreed to answer the questionnaire IBGE. While all respondents had their weight, height, waist circumference and blood pressure measured, 25% also had blood and urine collected for examination.
The PNS also found that 2.5% of the population over 18 has weight deficit, ie BMI less than 18.5.
In assessing the size of the Brazilian waist, the conclusion was that 37.7% has increased waist, which also increases risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes. The waist is considered increased when it is greater than 88 cm for women and 102 cm for men. Among them, this problem is much more prevalent: 52.1% of women and 21.8% of men have trouble.
High blood pressure, which may be related to overweight, was found in 22.3% of the respondents at the time of the survey. Already 5.9% of people had low pressure.
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Women's health
Among the respondents who had already given birth, 54.7% had cesarean section and 45.3% had vaginal delivery. Of those who did cesarean section, 53.5% scheduled delivery in advance. In all, 97.9% of women who have son had made his last delivery in hospital or maternity. The average age of first pregnancy of Brazil is 21 years, according to data collected by the PNS.
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Among women 18-49 years are sexually active and who were still menstruating, 61.1% said they make use of contraceptive methods. The same age group, the percentage of women who reported having suffered miscarriage was 15.2%. The risk of miscarriage is higher in women who have problems like endometriosis and vaginal infection.
In addition, 2.1% of them said they had already had an abortion. In Brazil, abortion is only legal in situations where pregnancy results from rape, when there are life-threatening to the pregnant woman or when the fetus is anencephalic.
As for routine tests, 79.4% of women 25-64 years reported having a Pap test - test used for early detection of cervical cancer - in the three years preceding the survey. Among women aged 50 to 69 years, 60% claimed to have mammography done - test used for early detection of breast cancer - in the two years preceding the survey.
Seniors' Health (Photo: Silvio Tulio / G1)
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Health of the elderly
According to data collected by the survey, the population aged 60 and over corresponds to 13.2% of Brazilians. Within this group, 6.8% of people suffer from limitations to their daily activities. Among those who have limitations, 84% need help to complete these activities and those who need help, 17.8% receive paid 78.8% receive care and family care.
In this age group, 24.4% of people declare participate in organized social activities. This information was collected to verify the degree of autonomy and independence of the elderly in Brazil. In the country, life expectancy is 74.9 years, according to IBGE data.
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Children's health
The PNS also collected information about the health of children under two years of age. One of the items evaluated were the basic tests that should be done in the first days of life.
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Among this age group, 70.8% had the screening test in the first week of life. The test can detect metabolic, genetic and infectious diseases. The test of little ears to evaluate the child's hearing, was made by 56% of this age group in the first month of life. But the little eye test to detect ocular abnormalities, was done by 51.1% in the first month of life.
As for the feeding of children under two years, the survey found that 60.8% already eat biscuit, cookie or cake and 32.3% take soda and artificial juice. 50.6% of children between 9 and 12 months of age continue to take breast milk as a food supplement.
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People with disabilities
According to the PNS, 6.2% of Brazilians have at least one disability, whether intellectual, physical, hearing or visual. The most common deficiency is the visual, which affects 3.6% of people, followed by disability (1.3%), hearing loss (1.1%) and intellectual (0.8%).
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Other national health surveys
National surveys on the health of the population made not previously collected urine and blood tests. This applies to the National Survey by Household Sampling (PNAD), which addressed the subject of health in 1998, 2003 and 2008 and also the Vigitel (Risk Factor Surveillance and Protection for chronic diseases through telephone interviews), done annually since 2006.
The SNP will still have a third data dissemination stage at the end of the year, which should include information on blood pressure of respondents. The data collected from the blood tests and urine, in turn, will only be disclosed at a later stage.
Source: G1
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