Colombian National Victim Statistics by Victimizing Event for 2019

Consolidated figures of victims by victimizing event at the national level for January 2019. The dataset includes columns for event type, disability status, ethnicity, sex, and life cycle stage. It is hosted by the Colombian open data portal, datos.gov.co, and was last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the distribution of victimizing events (EVENTOS) across different demographic groups using SEXO, ETNIA, and CICLO_VITAL.
• Investigating correlations between disability status (DISCAPACIDAD) and types of victimization (HECHO) or reported events (EVENTOS).
• Profiling victim demographics for specific event categories (PARAM_HECHO, HECHO) using columns like PER_SA, PER_OCU, and NOM_REPORTE.

Strengths

• Includes multiple demographic dimensions such as disability, ethnicity, sex, and life cycle stage.
• Data is provided in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.
• Hosted on a national government open data portal (datos.gov.co), suggesting an official source.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The temporal coverage appears limited to a single month (January 2019) based on the description.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co (Colombian open data portal).

Collection Method

Likely consolidated from official national reporting systems.

Time Range

January 2019

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 18:23:57; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia (national level)