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Table 1 Characteristics of MSM who completed the online surveys in each Brazilian city. 2016–2018

From: How heterogeneous are MSM from Brazilian cities? An analysis of sexual behavior and perceived risk and a description of trends in awareness and willingness to use pre-exposure prophylaxis

 

N

(%)

Male pop. (≥18 years)a

Estimated MSM pop.

(≥18 years)b

% resp.c

Age (years)

Race

Income (minimum wage)

Schooling (years)

Median

(IQR)

18–24

25–29

30–34

35+

White/Asian

Black

Pardo/Native

≤1

> 1–3

> 3–10

> 10

< 10

10–12

13–16

> 16

North

 Manaus

297

(1.8)

569,834

19,944

1.5

25

(22–30)

138

(46.5)

78

(26.3)

37

(12.5)

44

(14.8)

98

(33.8)

30

(10.3)

162

(55.9)

57

(19.2)

126

(42.4)

85

(28.6)

29

(9.8)

14

(4.8)

145

(49.5)

67

(22.9)

67

(22.9)

 Belém

290

(1.7)

457,322

16,006

1.8

26

(22–32)

125

(43.1)

64

(22.1)

51

(17.6)

50

(17.2)

112

(39.0)

43

(15.0)

132

(46.0)

35

(12.1)

103

(35.5)

111

(38.3)

41

(14.1)

7

(2.4)

116

(40.3)

101

(35.1)

64

(22.2)

 Porto Velho

37

(0.2)

146,727

5135

0.7

25

(22–30)

17

(45.9)

10

(27.0)

7

(18.9)

3

(8.1)

16

(43.2)

3

(8.1)

18

(48.6)

4

(10.8)

12

(32.4)

18

(48.6)

3

(8.1)

1

(2.7)

13

(37.1)

13

(37.1)

8

(22.9)

 Palmas

34

(0.2)

75,543

2644

1.3

27.5

(24–32.7)

11

(32.4)

9

(26.5)

6

(17.6)

8

(23.5)

15

(44.1)

5

(14.7)

14

(41.2)

4

(11.8)

9

(26.5)

18

(52.9)

3

(8.8)

0

(0.0)

12

(35.3)

11

(32.4)

11

(32.4)

 Boa Vista

31

(0.2)

89,030

3116

1.0

30

(24.5–37.5)

8

(25.8)

6

(19.4)

8

(25.8)

9

(29.0)

5

(16.1)

2

(6.5)

24

(77.4)

3

(9.7)

12

(38.7)

12

(38.7)

4

(12.9)

0

(0.0)

8

(25.8)

13

(41.9)

10

(32.3)

 Rio Branco

23

(0.1)

103,808

3633

0.6

28

(24.5–32)

6

(26.1)

9

(39.1)

5

(21.7)

3

(13.0)

7

(30.4)

2

(8.7)

14

(60.9)

5

(21.7)

6

(26.1)

9

(39.1)

3

(13.0)

0

(0.0)

8

(34.8)

9

(39.1)

6

(26.1)

 Macapá

18

(0.1)

120,180

4206

0.4

27

(22.5–30.7)

7

(38.9)

5

(27.8)

3

(16.7)

3

(16.7)

9

(50.0)

3

(16.7)

6

(33.3)

3

(16.7)

8

(44.4)

4

(22.2)

3

(16.7)

1

(5.6)

4

(23.5)

8

(47.1)

4

(23.5)

Northeast

 Recife

636

(3.8)

508,405

17,794

3.6

29

(24–36)

183

(28.8)

160

(25.2)

113

(17.8)

180

(28.3)

283

(45.4)

87

(13.9)

254

(40.7)

82

(12.9)

239

(37.6)

223

(35.1)

92

(14.5)

17

(2.7)

232

(36.7)

207

(32.8)

176

(27.8)

 Salvador

628

(3.8)

904,397

31,654

2.0

29

(24–35)

168

(26.8)

162

(25.8)

120

(19.1)

178

(28.3)

182

(29.4)

190

(30.7)

247

(39.9)

83

(13.2)

224

(35.7)

216

(34.4)

105

(16.7)

16

(2.6)

213

(34.0)

230

(36.7)

168

(26.8)

 Fortaleza

418

(2.5)

800,792

28,028

1.5

28

(23–34)

131

(31.3)

115

(27.5)

80

(19.1)

92

(22.0)

157

(38.2)

55

(13.4)

199

(48.4)

69

(16.5)

160

(38.3)

145

(34.7)

44

(10.5)

7

(1.7)

170

(41.6)

139

(34.0)

93

(22.7)

 Natal

171

(1.0)

268,193

9387

1.8

28

(24–34)

48

(28.1)

51

(29.8)

31

(18.1)

41

(24.0)

91

(53.5)

22

(12.9)

57

(33.5)

13

(7.6)

68

(39.8)

62

(36.3)

28

(16.4)

6

(3.5)

61

(35.9)

55

(32.4)

48

(28.2)

 Joao Pessoa

115

(0.7)

237,865

8325

1.4

29

(24–34)

31

(27.0)

27

(23.5)

29

(25.2)

28

(24.3)

44

(38.3)

12

(10.4)

59

(51.3)

18

(15.7)

47

(40.9)

37

(32.2)

13

(11.3)

4

(3.5)

35

(30.4)

52

(45.2)

24

(20.9)

 Aracaju

108

(0.6)

185,953

6508

1.7

25

(21–29)

46

(42.6)

36

(33.3)

10

(9.3)

16

(14.8)

48

(45.7)

17

(16.2)

40

(38.1)

19

(17.6)

53

(49.1)

26

(24.1)

10

(9.3)

1

(0.9)

51

(47.2)

34

(31.5)

22

(20.4)

 Teresina

100

(0.6)

262,763

9197

1.1

27

(22–31.2)

39

(39.0)

25

(25.0)

18

(18.0)

18

(18.0)

27

(27.3)

18

(18.2)

54

(54.5)

20

(20.0)

37

(37.0)

38

(38.0)

5

(5.0)

2

(2.0)

34

(35.4)

33

(34.4)

27

(28.1)

 Maceió

91

(0.5)

292,718

10,245

0.9

27

(23–33)

37

(40.7)

20

(22.0)

15

(16.5)

19

(20.9)

33

(36.7)

17

(18.9)

40

(44.4)

14

(15.4)

28

(30.8)

36

(39.6)

13

(14.3)

1

(1.1)

35

(38.9)

29

(32.2)

25

(27.8)

 São Luís

53

(0.3)

326,863

11,440

0.5

25

(23–30)

26

(49.1)

10

(18.9)

7

(13.2)

10

(18.9)

20

(37.7)

11

(20.8)

22

(41.5)

5

(9.4)

28

(52.8)

17

(32.1)

3

(5.7)

1

(1.9)

24

(45.3)

17

(32.1)

11

(20.8)

Central-west

 Brasília

890

(5.3)

855,306

29,936

3.0

30

(25–38)

219

(24.6)

209

(23.5)

170

(19.1)

292

(32.8)

460

(52.8)

88

(10.1)

324

(37.2)

46

(5.2)

199

(22.4)

341

(38.3)

304

(34.2)

12

(1.4)

261

(29.4)

293

(33.0)

322

(36.3)

 Goiânia

570

(3.4)

450,221

15,758

3.6

28

(23–33)

169

(29.6)

174

(30.5)

113

(19.8)

114

(20.0)

287

(51.0)

61

(10.8)

215

(38.2)

64

(11.2)

201

(35.3)

227

(39.8)

78

(13.7)

32

(5.7)

222

(39.2)

167

(29.5)

146

(25.7)

 Cuiabá

119

(0.7)

190,291

6660

1.8

27

(23–33)

43

(36.1)

34

(28.6)

20

(16.8)

22

(18.5)

42

(35.9)

30

(25.6)

45

(38.5)

9

(7.6)

46

(38.7)

48

(40.3)

16

(13.4)

4

(3.4)

39

(33.6)

44

(37.9)

29

(25.0)

 Campo Grande

115

(0.7)

270,346

9462

1.2

28

(23–33)

42

(36.5)

28

(24.3)

24

(20.9)

21

(18.3)

58

(50.9)

19

(16.7)

37

(32.5)

8

(7.0)

41

(35.7)

50

(43.5)

16

(13.9)

4

(3.5)

45

(39.5)

36

(31.6)

29

(25.4)

Southeast

 São Paulo

5764

(34.6)

3,889,290

136,125

4.2

30

(25–36)

1393

(24.2)

1382

(24.0)

1187

(20.6)

1801

(31.3)

3885

(68.1)

476

(8.3)

1342

(23.5)

396

(6.9)

1596

(27.7)

2566

(44.5)

1206

(20.9)

214

(3.7)

1966

(34.2)

2147

(37.4)

1421

(24.7)

 Rio de Janeiro

3166

(19.0)

2,198,018

76,931

4.1

30

(24–37)

803

(25.4)

757

(23.9)

602

(19.0)

1004

(31.7)

1791

(57.1)

415

(13.2)

931

(29.7)

293

(9.3)

996

(31.5)

1285

(40.6)

592

(18.7)

150

(4.8)

1293

(41.0)

878

(27.8)

836

(26.5)

 Belo Horizonte

967

(5.8)

831,360

29,098

3.3

29

(24–35)

260

(26.9)

262

(27.1)

176

(18.2)

269

(27.8)

468

(48.8)

138

(14.4)

353

(36.8)

97

(10.0)

328

(33.9)

429

(44.4)

113

(11.7)

42

(4.4)

361

(37.6)

309

(32.2)

248

(25.8)

 Campinas

260

(1.6)

389,948

13,648

1.9

29

(25–38)

60

(23.1)

72

(27.7)

48

(18.5)

80

(30.8)

165

(63.7)

25

(9.7)

69

(26.6)

19

(7.3)

82

(31.5)

129

(49.6)

30

(11.5)

16

(6.2)

99

(38.1)

75

(28.8)

70

(26.9)

 Vitória

160

(1.0)

114,835

4019

4.0

29

(24.7–34)

40

(25.0)

43

(26.9)

43

(26.9)

34

(21.3)

76

(48.1)

20

(12.7)

62

(39.2)

18

(11.3)

67

(41.9)

64

(40.0)

11

(6.9)

4

(2.6)

60

(37.7)

55

(34.6)

40

(25.2)

 Santos

101

(0.6)

148,026

5181

1.9

31

(26–40)

16

(15.8)

26

(25.7)

24

(23.8)

35

(34.7)

68

(67.3)

7

(6.9)

26

(25.7)

7

(6.9)

29

(28.7)

50

(49.5)

15

(14.9)

2

(2.0)

27

(26.7)

46

(45.5)

26

(25.7)

South

 Porto Alegre

648

(3.9)

489,677

17,139

3.8

30

(25–37)

150

(23.1)

149

(23.0)

134

(20.7)

215

(33.2)

526

(82.0)

30

(4.7)

85

(13.3)

29

(4.5)

196

(30.2)

303

(46.3)

120

(18.5)

20

(3.1)

242

(37.5)

203

(31.4)

181

(28.0)

 Curitiba

499

(3.0)

615,841

21,554

2.3

30

(25–36)

122

(24.4)

118

(23.6)

115

(23.0)

144

(28.9)

347

(70.4)

32

(6.5)

114

(23.1)

28

(5.6)

147

(29.5)

248

(49.7)

76

(15.2)

16

(3.2)

169

(34.0)

161

(32.4)

151

(30.4)

 Florianópolis

358

(2.1)

155,364

5438

6.6

29

(25–34)

88

(24.6)

100

(27.9)

85

(23.7)

85

(23.7)

259

(73.2)

26

(7.3)

69

(19.5)

15

(4.2)

132

(36.9)

153

(42.7)

58

(16.2)

18

(5.0)

147

(41.1)

107

(29.9)

86

(24.0)

Total

16,667

(100.0)

15,948,916

558,212

3.0

29

(24–36)

4426

(26.6)

4141

(24.8)

3281

(19.7)

4818

(28.9)

9579

(58.1)

1884

(11.4)

5014

(30.4)

1463

(8.7)

5220

(31.3)

6950

(41.7)

3034

(18.2)

612

(3.7)

6092

(36.7)

5539

(33.4)

4349

(26.2)

  1. Missing (participant did not want to answer or did not know): age = 1; race = 190; schooling = 75; sexual orientation = 86; steady partner = 76; test lifetime = 51.
  2. aAccording to Brazilian CENSO 2010 (https://sidra.ibge.gov.br/tabela/1209)
  3. bConsidering the proportion of MSM among Brazilian male population between 15 and 64 years (3.5%) (http://www.aids.gov.br/pt-br/pub/2016/pesquisa-de-conhecimentos-atitudes-e-praticas-na-populacao-brasileira-pcap-2013)
  4. cProportion of MSM who completed the web-based surveys in relation to estimated MSM population
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