SIVIGILA: Notified Public Health Events in Boyacá Department, Colombia (2019-2023)

Boyacá Department, Colombia, recorded public health events from 2019 to 2023. The dataset likely contains case counts aggregated by municipality and epidemiological week. Data was collected by the National Public Health Surveillance System (SIVIGILA) and published via the Colombian open data portal.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal trends of disease incidence using SEMANA and ANO columns.
• Compare case counts (CONTEO_CASOS) across different municipalities (NOM_MUM, COD_MUN).
• Aggregate data at the department level using the COD_DPTO column for regional public health reporting.
• Join with other Colombian geographic datasets using the municipality code (COD_MUN) as a key.

Strengths

• Data covers a five-year time range (2019-2023).
• Includes geographic granularity down to the municipality level.
• Published via an official government data portal (www.datos.gov.co).

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Sistema Nacional de Vigilancia en Salud Pública (SIVIGILA), Colombia.

Collection Method

Likely compiled from mandatory disease notifications within the public health system.

Time Range

2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 16:55:29; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Municipalities within the Department of Boyacá, Colombia.