Table I.

Domestic built environment indices, Urban Health Survey 2002.

Infrastructure and services index

Unavailability of drinking water

Inadequacy of drinking water

Problems in sewage disposal

Problems in garbage disposal (method and frequency)

Problems in the timing of garbage collection

Cuts of more than 4 hours per day in the electrical power

Problems with the reliability of electrical power (low or high voltage)

Flooding from rainwater

Evacuation due to flooding from rainwater

Housing conditions index

Presence of rats

Presence of mice

Presence of cockroaches

Lack of adequate sunlight in living rooms

Lack of adequate sunlight in bedrooms

Poor ventilation

Presence of humidity

Presence of a main source of heating

Presence of cracks in the ceiling

Presence of cracks in the wall

Presence of seepage in ceiling

Presence of seepage in walls

Presence of water overflow from floor drains

Presence of broken windows

Presence of uncovered electric wires

Crowding index

Number of members in the household

Number of rooms in the house except the kitchen, the unclosed balconies, the garage and the bathrooms