Health and Education
In the health sector there were 21 health clinics and 04 hospitals with 116 beds. In the educational sector there were 22 pre-primary schools, 21 primary schools, and 04 middle schools.
There was one institute of higher learning, the private Faculdade de Ciências Humanas e Sociais - FUCAMP, offering courses in Administration Business Administration, Biological Sciences, Humanities, English, and Pedagogy. This school was created in 1997 with financing from the local city government.
- Municipal Human Development Index: 0.768 (2000)
- State ranking: 180 out of 853 municipalities as of 2000
- National ranking: 1,384 out of 5,138 municipalities as of 2000
- Literacy rate: 90%
- Life expectancy: 71 (average of males and females)
The highest ranking municipality in Minas Gerais in 2000 was Poços de Caldas with 0.841, while the lowest was Setubinha with 0.568. Nationally the highest was São Caetano do Sul in São Paulo with 0.919, while the lowest was Setubinha. In more recent statistics (considering 5,507 municipalities) Manari in the state of Pernambuco has the lowest rating in the country—0,467—putting it in last place.
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