Morbidity in Colombia by Municipality, Service, Sex, and Age Group for 2022

Morbidity data from Colombia's national open data portal, last updated in May 2026. The dataset lists primary causes of morbidity, broken down by municipality, health service type, sex, and detailed age groups. It includes 11 columns such as 'Descripción Causa / Diagnóstico', 'MUNICIPIO', 'SERVICIO', 'Sexo', and age brackets from 'Menores de 1 Año' to 'Mayores a 60'.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the distribution of morbidity causes across different age groups like '15 a 44 Años' and '45 a 59 Años'.
• Comparing morbidity rates by 'Sexo' and 'MUNICIPIO' to identify geographic and gender-based health disparities.
• Modeling the relationship between 'SERVICIO' type and primary 'Descripción Causa / Diagnóstico' using classification techniques.

Strengths

• Data is structured with 11 distinct columns for granular demographic and geographic analysis.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.
• The dataset has a specific temporal focus on the year 2022.

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

2022

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 19:03:53; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia, by municipality (MUNICIPIO)