Animal and Household Characteristics from Primary Health Care Visits in Colombia

A dataset from Colombia's primary health care (APS) strategy, last updated on 2026-05-18, characterizing household visits. It likely contains records of domestic animals, their vaccination status, and household conditions. The data is provided by www.datos.gov.co and includes columns for department, municipality, family ID, and various animal counts.

Use Cases

• Analyze vaccination coverage for dogs and cats using perros_vacunados, perros_sin_vacunar, gatos_vacunados, and gatos_sin_vacunar columns.
• Study the distribution of potentially dangerous dogs across regions using perros_peligrosos, departamento, and municipio.
• Model household animal populations and types using perros_hembras, perros_machos, gatos_hembras, gatos_machos, porcinos, aves, equinos, and otros.
• Investigate correlations between household income (ingresos_familiares), presence of rodents (presencia_roedores), and animal counts.

Strengths

• Includes 23 detailed columns covering animal demographics, health status, and household identifiers.
• Data is structured for spatial analysis with departamento, municipio, and comuna_o_corregimiento columns.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co

Collection Method

Likely collected via household visits as part of a primary health care (APS) strategy.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 17:14:37; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia, indicated by department and municipality columns.