The social determination of anemia in
our environment has been well documented
in children. In pregnant women,
in the 1980s, this nutritional deficiency was
associated with socioeconomic conditions
that were characteristic of class situations.
Considering the fact that the South region
shows the best social indicators when
compared to the other regions, the low
prevalences of anemia found in this study
confirm the influence of such variables on
the development of iron deficiency.