Chart. Indicators for the health needs index.

Dimensions/Criteria	N.	Collected indicators	Indicators that composed the index
Epidemiologic	1	Infant mortality rate (less than 1 year)	Infant mortality rate (less than 1 year)
	2	Mortality rate 65 years and older	Mortality rate 65 years and older
	3	General mortality rate
	4	Fertility rate (population growth)	Fertility rate (population growth)
	5	Life expectancy rate at birth	Life expectancy rate at birth
Socioeconomic	6	% of households with sewage network	% of households with general water network
	7	% of households with general water network	Illiteracy rate
	8	Illiteracy rate	Formal employment rate
	9	Formal employment rate	% population below the poverty line
	10	% population below the poverty line
	11	% population below the extreme poverty line	Average household income per capita
	12	Average household income per capita	Activity rate of population aged 18 or older
	13	Activity rate of population aged 18 or older
	14	Gini Index
	15	Percentage of mothers without elementary school with children up to 15 years old
	16	Percentage of household with garbage collection	Percentage of people in households with inadequate water supply and sanitation
	17	Percentage of people in households with inadequate water supply and sanitation	% of households with general water network
Geographic	18	Territorial extension
	19	Demographic density	Demographic
	20	% of rural population	density
	21	Average area per installed municipality
	22	Municipalities with low population density (less than 22.5 inhabitants per square kilometer - national average)