TABLE 1. Socio-demographic data for 19 small mental health (MH) catchment areas in five health districts, Central Chile, 2012.
| Health district | Small MH catchment area | Surface area (km2) | Inhabitants | Population density (inhabitants/ km2) | Dependency ratio | Aging ratio | Non-married rate | Unemployment rate | Single household rate | Single-parent household rate | Illiteracy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concepción | Concepción | 2 275.9 | 419 468 | 184.3 | 51.53 | 30.89 | 48.36 | 7.08 | 10.83 | 10.59 | 3.61 |
| Coronel | 415.2 | 144 617 | 348.3 | 56.41 | 24.51 | 44.48 | 7.72 | 8.41 | 10.30 | 4.93 | |
| San Pedro | 112.5 | 80 447 | 715.1 | 53.65 | 19.65 | 45.10 | 7.53 | 7.69 | 11.42 | 3.52 | |
| Total | 2 803.6 | 644 532 | 229.9 | 52.75 | 27.62 | 47.1 | 7.3 | 9.9 | 10.6 | 3.9 | |
| Talcahuano | Penco | 107.6 | 46 016 | 427.7 | 51.55 | 23.55 | 45.95 | 7.80 | 8.21 | 10.36 | 4.10 |
| Talcahuano | 92.3 | 172 097 | 1 864.5 | 46.37 | 27.50 | 46.86 | 7.31 | 8.02 | 10.50 | 2.73 | |
| Tomé | 494.5 | 52 440 | 106.1 | 57.78 | 34.28 | 47.28 | 8.62 | 11.04 | 10.03 | 5.33 | |
| Hualpéna | 53.5 | 85 110 | 1 590.8 | 46.61 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
| Total | 747.9 | 355 663 | 466.4 | 52.79 | 28 | 48.8 | 7.6 | 8.5 | 10.4 | 3.3 | |
| Metropolitano Sur | Metro. Surb | 519.6 | 1 175 533 | 2 262.5 | 55.68 | 31.59 | 46.62 | 7.72 | 9.49 | 9.61 | 3.23 |
| Metropolitano Oriente | La Reina | 23.4 | 96 762 | 4 135.1 | 50.95 | 39.85 | 49.31 | 5.21 | 8.98 | 11.41 | 1.20 |
| Las Condes | 99.4 | 249 893 | 2 514.0 | 47.22 | 54.45 | 51.43 | 4.41 | 17.50 | 10.85 | 0.57 | |
| Lo Barnechea | 1 023.7 | 74 749 | 73.0 | 52.06 | 13.13 | 48.49 | 4.18 | 7.92 | 9.75 | 2.01 | |
| Macul | 12.9 | 112 535 | 8 723.6 | 50.37 | 44.53 | 49.45 | 7.12 | 11.24 | 10.82 | 2.12 | |
| Ñuñoa | 16.9 | 163 511 | 9 675.2 | 52.39 | 78.86 | 53.74 | 5.63 | 18.02 | 11.91 | 0.82 | |
| Peñalolén | 54.2 | 216 060 | 3 986.4 | 53.22 | 19.10 | 44.35 | 7.85 | 8.63 | 9.75 | 3.43 | |
| Providencia | 14.4 | 120 874 | 8 394.0 | 46.35 | 117.96 | 57.85 | 4.62 | 30.24 | 9.56 | 0.43 | |
| Vitacura | 28.3 | 81 499 | 2 879.8 | 46.71 | 51.56 | 51.73 | 3.60 | 14.38 | 11.70 | 0.42 | |
| Total | 1 273.2 | 1 115 883 | 876.4 | 49.93 | 46.83 | 50.8 | 5.5 | 15.8 | 10.7 | 1.4 | |
| Maule | Curicó | 7 280.9 | 244 053 | 33.5 | 55.60 | 27.96 | 43.89 | 6.94 | 11.05 | 8.60 | 8.52 |
| Linares | 10 050.2 | 253 990 | 25.3 | 60.34 | 30.57 | 44.27 | 7.77 | 11.38 | 9.66 | 9.24 | |
| Talca | 12 965.0 | 410 054 | 31.6 | 57.96 | 28.59 | 45.13 | 8.09 | 11.82 | 9.60 | 7.76 | |
| Total | 30 296.1 | 908 097 | 30.0 | 57.97 | 28.99 | 44.6 | 7.7 | 11.5 | 9.4 | 8.4 |
Source: Prepared by the authors using data from the XVII National Population and Housing Census 2002 (21); and CELADE (ECLAC) 2002–2006 (22).
a
Talcahuano was divided into two municipalities in 2006 (Talcahuano and Hualpén), but no official, separate demographic data were available at the time of the study.
b
In 2012, Metropolitano Sur functioned as a single health district (after 2012, it was divided into smaller catchment areas covered by community MH centers).