Colombian Public Health Event Statistics by Epidemiological Period

Colombian public health surveillance data reported by epidemiological period. The dataset includes columns for event description, quantity, unit, year, and epidemiological period code. It is hosted on the datos.gov.co platform and was last updated on 2026-05-18.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal trends in event counts using AÑO and PERIODO EPIDEMIOLOGICO.
• Compare the frequency of different health events using DESCRIPCION DEL EVENTO and CANTIDAD.
• Filter and aggregate statistics for specific event types using CODIGO DEL EVENTO and UNIDAD.

Strengths

• Data is structured with clear columns for event type, quantity, and time period.
• Available in multiple machine-readable 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

Time Range

Implied by AÑO column; specific range unknown.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 16:54:19; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely Colombia, based on the source domain (.gov.co).