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Table 1 Sociodemographic aspects of the three study regions

From: Suicide rates and income in São Paulo and Brazil: a temporal and spatial epidemiologic analysis from 1996 to 2008

Study regions (composition)

Area (Km2)

Population (million)

Population density

HDI

Gini index

GDP per capita

Brazil

8514876

170

20

0.766

0.606

6473

(27 States)

State of São Paulo

248209

37

149

0.820

0.566

11345

(645 counties)

City of São Paulo

1509

10

6915

0.841

0.620

15286

(96 neighborhoods)

  1. Population Density (inhabitants/Km2); HDI: Human Development Index; GDP: Gross Domestic Product (Brazillian Real – R$).
  2. National Census (IBGE, 2000 [41]).