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Table 2 Proportion of municipalities affected by COVID-19, according to population size, Municipal Human Development Index, and Social Vulnerability Index. Brazil, 2020

From: Human development, social vulnerability and COVID-19 in Brazil: a study of the social determinants of health

Population size

No. of municipalities

No. of municipalities with confirmed cases

% of municipalities with confirmed cases

≤ 10 000 inhabitants

2452

482

19.7

10 001 to 20 000

1344

580

43.2

20 001 to 50 000

1101

783

71.1

50 001 to 100 000

349

328

94.0

>  100 000

324

323

99.7

MHDI1

 Very low (0–0.499)

32

18

56.2

 Low (0.500–0.599)

1367

588

43.0

 Medium (0.600–0.699)

2233

830

37.2

 High (0.700–0.799)

1889

1016

53.8

 Very high (0.800–1)

44

44

100.0

SVI2

 Very low (0–0.200)

627

350

55.8

 Low (0.200–0.300)

1699

703

41.4

 Medium (0.300–0.400)

1258

485

38.5

 High (0.400–0.500)

1178

534

45.3

 Very high (0.500–1)

803

424

52.8

  1. aData from May 6, 2020. 1MHDI: Municipal Human Development Index, 2SVI: Social Vulnerability Index. The difference observed in the number of municipalities according to population size (5570) differs from the number of municipalities according to strata of MHDI and SVI (5565). This is due to the date of creation of new municipalities, after 2010