From 2018 to October 2024, this dataset tracks vaccine doses administered and coverage rates relative to target populations across municipalities in Colombia's Atlántico department. It includes counts for 11 specific vaccines such as HEPATITIS A, VARICELA, and PENTAVALENTE, alongside municipal population figures. The data is hosted by www.datos.gov.co on the Socrata platform.
Use Cases
- Analyze municipal vaccination coverage rates by comparing doses for vaccines like PENTAVALENTE and POLIO against the POBLACION column.
- Track temporal trends in vaccine administration for specific immunizations like FIEBRE AMARILLA and NEUMOCOCO using the AÑO column.
- Compare vaccine uptake across different MUNICIPIO entries to identify regional disparities in public health programs.
- Model age-specific vaccination patterns by correlating the EDAD column with doses for vaccines like ROTAVIRUS and BCG.
Strengths
- Covers 11 distinct vaccine types including BCG, TRIPLE_VIRAL, and DPT, providing a multi-disease view.
- Includes temporal data from 2018 to October 2024, allowing for multi-year trend analysis.
- Contains municipal-level granularity with the MUNICIPIO column for geographic analysis.
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- www.datos.gov.co
- Time Range
- 2018 to October 2024
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-18 16:57:43; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Municipalities within the Atlántico department, Colombia