Colombian Accidental Injury Records from Forensic Medicine 2015-2024

30 columns detail non-fatal accidental injuries recorded by Colombia's National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences. The dataset covers cases from 2015 to 2024. It is provided by the Institute to support public policy and decision-making.

Use Cases

• Analyze injury trends by **Año del hecho** and **Mes del hecho** to identify seasonal or yearly patterns.
• Model the relationship between **Mecanismo Causal de la Lesión no Fatal** and **Días de Incapacidad Medicolegal** to predict recovery time.
• Cluster injury cases by **Escenario del Hecho** and **Actividad Durante el Hecho** to identify high-risk environments.
• Assess demographic disparities using **Sexo de la victima**, **Grupo de edad quinquenal**, and **Pertenencia Étnica** columns.
• Perform geospatial analysis of injury rates using **Codigo Dane Municipio** and **Departamento del hecho DANE**.

Strengths

• Covers a 10-year time range from 2015 to 2024.
• Contains 30 detailed columns including demographic, temporal, geographic, and injury-specific features.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, preventing assessment of statistical power.
• Data is limited to cases known to the forensic medical system, which may undercount total injuries.
• The dataset relies on presumptive classifications pending full judicial investigation.

Provenance

Source

Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal y Ciencias Forenses (Colombia).

Collection Method

Records from forensic practice and cases reported by the health sector to medicolegal systems.

Time Range

2015 to 2024.

Freshness

Updated as of December 2025.

Geography

National territory of Colombia.