ABC | Volume 113, Nº5, November 2019

Guidelines Guideline of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology on Telemedicine in Cardiology – 2019 Arq Bras Cardiol. 2019; 113(5):1006-1056 Table 1.1 – Classification of isolation of Brazilian municipalities according to region and population 43 Classification of isolation (IBGE) Brazil North Northeast Southeast South Midwest Adjacent Number of municipalities 5,126 277 1,683 1,637 1,180 349 % of municipalities in relation to the large region 92.11 61.69 93.81 98.14 99.33 74.89 Total population (2010 Census) 183,820,219 12,610,201 51,780,322 79,982,805 27,099,304 12,347,587 % of the population 96.37 79.49 97.56 99.53 98.95 87.83 Remote Number of municipalities 439 172 111 31 8 117 % of municipalities in relation to the large region 7.89 38.31 6.19 1.86 0.67 25.11 Total population (2010 Census) 6,927,512 3,254,253 1,293,560 381,605 287,587 1,710,507 % of the population 3.63 20.51 2.44 0.47 1.05 12.17 Source: IBGE. Classification and Characterization of Rural and Urban Spaces in Brazil. 43 Pará and Maranhão, where the ratios are 0.97 and 0.87, respectively. The most recent Brazilian Medical Demographic Report (2018) also pointed to a significant inequality in the distribution of physicians between predominantly urban and rural municipalities, with a high concentration of the medical workforce in large urban centers. 45 Figure 1.1 – Proportion of urban population in Brazilian municipalities, 2010 census. 44 Source: IBGE – 2010 census. 44 Residents inurbanpertotalresidents Municipalities 1018