Spatial distribution of the “ Mais Médicos (More Doctors) Program” and social vulnerability: an analysis of the Brazilian metropolitan regions

Table 2 Distribution and percentage of the primary health care units according to the classification by the Index of Social Vulnerability by categories and quintiles in the five metropolitan regions, 2016, Brazil

Distribution of the primary health care units by category according to the Index of Social Vulnerability (N and %)
IVS Category^a	Porto Alegre^b	São Paulo^b	Distrito Federal	Manaus	Recife	Total
Very low	120 (25.5)	117 (12.3)	26 (6.9)	2 (0.7)	22 (4.5)	287 (11.1)
Low	225 (47.9)	295 (30.9)	90 (23.8)	34 (11.4)	34 (6.9)	678 (26.2)
Medium	113 (24.0)	492 (51.6)	166 (43.9)	88 (29.5)	155 (31.5)	1014 (39.1)
High	12 (2.6)	50 (5.2)	90 (23.8)	115 (38.6)	191 (38.8)	458 (17.7)
Very high	0 (0)	0 (0)	6 (1.6)	59 (19.8)	90 (18.3)	155 (6.0)
Total	470 (100)	954 (100)	378 (100)	298 (100)	492 (100)	2.592 (100)
Distribution of the primary health care units by quintiles according to the Social Vulnerability Index (N and %)
Quintiles^c	Porto Alegre	São Paulo	Distrito Federal	Manaus	Recife	Total
1st	98 (20.9)	175 (18.3)	36 (9.5)	10 (3.4)	29 (5.9)	348 (13.4)
2nd	95 (20.2)	205 (21.5)	71 (18.8)	55 (18.5)	67 (13.6)	493 (19.0)
3rd	130 (27.7)	241 (25.3)	76 (20.1)	71 (23.8)	99 (20.1)	617 (23.8)
4th	88 (18.7)	215 (22.5)	73 (19.3)	71 (23.8)	131 (26.6)	578 (22.3)
5th	59 (12.6)	118 (12.4)	122 (32.3)	91 (30.5)	166 (33.7)	556 (21.5)
Total	470 (100)	954 (100)	378 (100)	298 (100)	492 (100)	2.592 (100)

^aIPEA’s IVS categories: very high > 0.500, high 0.500 to 0.401, medium 0.400 to 0301, low 0.300 to 0.201, and very low < 0.200
^bNonexistent areas with very high vulnerability in the Porto Alegre and São Paulo metropolitan regions
^cIVS quintiles: Porto Alegre 1st 0.065 to 0.180, 2nd 0.190 to 0.230, 3rd 0.240 to 0.290, 4th 0.300 to 0.340, and 5th 0.350 to 0.445; São Paulo 1st 0.055 to 0.220, 2nd 0.230 to 0.290, 3rd 0.300 to 0.350, 4th 0.360 to 0.390, and 5th 0.400 to 0.504; Distrito Federal 1st 0.040 to 0.230, 2nd 0.240 to 0.290, 3rd 0.300 to 0.340, 4th 0.350 to 0.380, and 5th 0.390 to 0.475; Manaus 1st 0.083 to 0.250, 2nd 0.260 to 0.330, 3rd 0.340 to 0.410, 4th 0.420 to 0.470, and 5th 0.480 to 0.686; and Recife 1st 0.076 to 0.260, 2nd 0.270 to 0.320, 3rd 0.330 to 0.390, 4th 0.400 to 0.460, and 5th 0.470 to 0.704

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