Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases: Breast and Cervical Cancer Surveillance Events for 2025

ENFERMEDADES CRÓNICAS NO TRANSMISIBLES contains events reported to the epidemiological surveillance system, specifically related to breast and cervical cancer for the year 2025. The dataset is hosted on the Socrata platform via www.datos.gov.co and was last updated on 2026-05-18. It includes columns for demographic, temporal, and diagnostic information.

Use Cases

• Analyze cancer type distribution by age (EDAD) and sex (SEXO) across departments (DEPARTAMENTO).
• Track reporting trends over time using notification date (fec_not), year (AÑO), and epidemiological week (SEMANA).
• Map cancer case occurrences by municipality (MUNICIPIO) and department (DEPARTAMENTO) for geographic analysis.

Strengths

• Includes specific cancer type classification (TIPO DE CANCER) and demographic variables like age (EDAD) and sex (SEXO).
• Provides temporal granularity with year (AÑO), notification date (fec_not), and epidemiological week (SEMANA).
• Offers multiple download formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co (Socrata platform)

Collection Method

Events reported to the epidemiological surveillance system.

Time Range

Year 2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 18:26:34; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely Colombia, based on column names (DEPARTAMENTO, MUNICIPIO) and organization domain.