Table 1 Comparison of prevalence and pain intensity in the last 6 months of Brazilian regions

North

Belém

25.60% (127)

0.05

22.63%^A

3.30

0.38

3.25^A

Boa Vista

31.10% (57)

3.45

Macapá

24.80% (85)

3.25

Manaus

15.70% (36)

3.27

Palmas

18.80% (59)

3.01

Porto Velho

20.80% (67)

3.38

Rio Branco

19.40% (41)

2.89

Inner North

26.77% (125)

3.48

Northeast

Aracaju

20.10% (43)

0.21

24.16%^A

2.81^A

0.00

3.28^AB

Fortaleza

25.70% (95)

3.42^AB

João Pessoa

21.70% (46)

3.43^AB

Maceió

24.20% (45)

3.31^AB

Natal

26.90% (47)

2.97^A

Recife

31.50% (45)

3.51^AB

Salvador

24.50% (67)

3.58^AB

São Luis

13.40% (21)

3.14^AB

Teresina

27.50% (75)

3.09^A

Inner Northeast

27.00% (115)

3.88^B

Southeast

Belo Horizonte

27.00% (70)

0.03

27.87^B

3.35

0.61

3.55^B

Rio de Janeiro

18.50% (60)

3.45

São Paulo

36.00% (132)

3.67

Vitória

29.70% (46)

3.67

Inner Southeast

32.99% (161)

3.60

South

Curitiba

22.10% (92)

0.00

25.73%^A

3.20

0.31

3.38^AB

Florianópolis

28.30% (62)

3.50

Porto Alegre

28.00% (120)

3.46

Inner South

18.05% (102)

3.15

Midwest

Brasília

23.20% (52)

0.27

21.09%^A

3.65

0.17

3.58^B

Campo Grande

18.00% (68)

3.67

Cuiabá

17.60% (28)

3.03

Goiânia

26.00% (65)

3.67

Inner Midwest

23.60% (112)

3.38

Brazil

21.00% (2367)

0.00*

3.20

0.00**