Outpatient Morbidity Report from Colombia, Quarterly Data

Quarterly reports of general morbidity causes treated in outpatient services. The dataset includes columns for diagnosis, period, classification, sex, and age. It is hosted on the Colombian open data portal, datos.gov.co, with the most recent metadata update in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in primary diagnoses (Dx Ppal) over time (Periodo) to identify seasonal disease patterns.
• Compare morbidity classifications (Clasificacion) across different age groups (Edad) and sexes (Sexo).
• Study the relationship between patient age (Edad) and specific diagnosed conditions (Nom Diagnostico).

Strengths

• Includes structured demographic variables such as Sexo and Edad.
• Provides temporal data through the Periodo and Fecha columns for time-series analysis.
• Covers multiple diagnostic dimensions with Dx Ppal, Clasificacion, and Nom Diagnostico.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co

Collection Method

Likely administrative records from outpatient service consultations.

Time Range

Implied quarterly coverage from the description; specific range unknown.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-27 21:26:59; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely Colombia, inferred from the source domain (.gov.co).