Emergency Morbidity 2019 for Pitalito Municipality, Huila Department

Epidemiological profile of emergency department consultations for the population served by the ESE Hospital Departamental San Antonio de Pitalito. The dataset includes 14 columns categorizing patient counts by age group and diagnosis. It was published by www.datos.gov.co and last updated on 2026-05-18.

Use Cases

• Analyze the distribution of emergency consultations across age groups using columns like <1 AÑO, 1 - 4, 15 - 44, and >60 AÑOS.
• Identify the most common diagnoses in emergency care by aggregating counts from the TOTAL column grouped by D I A G N O S T I C O.
• Compare pediatric (<30 DIAS, <1 AÑO, 1 - 4) versus adult (45 - 59, >60 AÑOS) morbidity profiles for resource planning.
• Calculate the proportion of total emergency visits attributed to specific diagnostic categories using the Nº and TOTAL columns.

Strengths

• Data is structured with 14 distinct columns for detailed age-group and diagnostic analysis.
• The dataset provides a specific temporal (2019) and geographic (Municipio Pitalito, Huila) focus.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

ESE Hospital Departamental San Antonio de Pitalito, via www.datos.gov.co

Collection Method

Likely contains administrative records from hospital emergency department consultations.

Time Range

2019

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 18:07:27; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Pitalito Municipality, Huila Department, Colombia