Table 1.
Characteristics of the population served by the joint programme for prevention and control of SARS-CoV-2 infection of Compañeros En Salud and the Chiapas Ministry of Health vs state and Mexico City comparison groups
| Mexico city | Chiapas state | Semiurban area with programme implementation* | Rural area with programme implementation† | |
| Demographics | ||||
| Population | 9 209 944 | 5 543 828 | 11 875 | 7608 |
| Sex | ||||
| Female | 52.17% | 51.19% | 52.19% | 48.76% |
| Male | 47.83% | 48.41% | 47.81% | 51.24% |
| Age | ||||
| Less than 15 years old (y.o.) | 17.98% | 32.10% | 30.82% | 34.23% |
| 15–64 | 70.89% | 61.43% | 62.35% | 60.95% |
| Over 65 y.o. | 11.13% | 6.47% | 6.83% | 4.82% |
| Education | ||||
| Population over 14 y.o. who cannot read or write | 1.42% | 13.70% | 13.50% | 15.30% |
| Economy | ||||
| Average quarterly income per household (US$) | 3543.04 | 1534.26 | – | – |
| Population living in poverty† | 32.60% | 75.50% | – | – |
| Housing | ||||
| Inhabitants per household | 3.32 | 4.09 | 4.03 | 5.18 |
| Households with dirt floor | 0.62% | 11.06% | 8.97% | 21.38% |
| Households without electricity | 0.07% | 1.77% | 0.24% | 1.47% |
| Households without running water | 1.11% | 9.89% | 1.46% | 2.68% |
| Households without access to communication and information technologies‡ | 0.40% | 11.23% | 2.85% | 14.79% |
All data retrieved from the 2020 national census and the 2020 National Household Income and Expenditure Survey conducted by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography of Mexico (https://www.inegi.org.mx/temas/).
*Ángel Albino Corzo.
†Capitán Luis A. Vidal, Honduras, Laguna del Cofre, Letrero, Matasano, Plan de la Libertad, Reforma, Salvador Urbina and Soledad.
†According to the multidimensional poverty index calculated by Mexico’s National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy.
‡Radio, television, computer, tablet, telephone and television, telephone and Internet services.
US$, US Dollars.