Brazilian National Health Survey data from 2013 provides prevalence estimates for arterial hypertension in adults based on three diagnostic criteria: self-reported, measured by instrument, and measured or medication use. The dataset includes 60,202 individuals and presents prevalence rates with 95% confidence intervals, broken down by gender, age, urban/rural status, and geographic region. The study was authored by Déborah Carvalho Malta.
Use Cases
- Compare hypertension prevalence rates based on self-reported versus measured diagnostic criteria.
- Analyze demographic patterns of hypertension based on gender, age, and urban/rural status mentioned in the description.
- Model regional disparities in hypertension prevalence across Brazilian states.
- Evaluate the impact of medication use on hypertension prevalence estimates.
Strengths
- Includes 60,202 individual records from a national survey.
- Provides prevalence estimates with 95% confidence intervals for three distinct diagnostic criteria.
- Contains breakdowns by gender, age, urban/rural status, and geographic region.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to paperswithcode.
Provenance
- Source
- Brazilian National Health Survey
- Collection Method
- Cross-sectional study consisting of interviews, physical and laboratory measurements.
- Time Range
- 2013
- Geography
- Brazil