the town of Tlaltetela is located in the Municipality of Tlaltetela (in the State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave). There are 4528 inhabitants. In the list of the most populated towns of the whole municipality, it is the number #1 of the ranking. Tlaltetela is at 980 meters of altitude.

In the town there are 2178 men and 2350 women. The ratio women per men is 1.079, and the fecundity rate is 2.64 children per woman. People from outside the State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave account for 2.89% of the total population. 10.31% of the inhabitants are illiterate (9.09% of men and 11.45% of women). The average school enrollment ratio is 5.61 (5.42 within the men and 5.78 within the women).

In 2005, in Tlaltetela there were 4131 inhabitants. That is to say, now there are 397 more people (a variation of 9.61%). Of which there are 237 more men (a variation of 12.21%), and 160 more women (a variation of 7.31%).0.42% of the population is indigenous, and 0.18% of the inhabitants speak one of the indigenous languages. 0.00% of the population speaks one of the indigineous languages, but not Spanish.34.81% of the inhabitants (more than 12 years) are economically active (55.79% of the men, and 15.36% of the women).Inthere are 1304 dwellings. 96.53% of the dwellings have electricity, 97.07% have piped water, 94.42% have toilet or restroom, 75.23% have a radio receiver, 93.24% a television, 66.64% a fridge, 48.17% a washing-machine, 28.98% a car or a van, 5.94% a personal computer, 37.75% a landline telephone, 31.63% mobile phone, and 1.37% Internet access.

Hundreds of inhabitants of the town of Tlaltetela suffer from a strange disease, which causes paralysis from head to toe due to an incurable neurodegenerative and progressive disorder known as "Spinocerebellar ataxia 7". In a matter of a short time, this disease causes them to lose sight, speech, and paralysis of feet and hands, although they keep their brain lucid, but trapped in a body that stops working.

Ataxia is a disease that usually affects 1 in 100,000 people, but in this locality the prevalence is soaring. With 15,000 inhabitants in the whole municipality, in 2017 there were 80 reported cases and another 300 were awaiting diagnosis. Thus, the prevalence of Ataxia in Tlaltetela is 1,500 per 100,000 inhabitants, one of the highest rates in the world. Over a period of 170 years, the gene has been identified in eight generations and today affects children aged 5 and adults aged 45, who face immobility.

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