General Mortality Cases and Rates in Antioquia, Colombia Municipalities Since 2005

Annual data from 2005 onward for the Antioquia department in Colombia, containing the number of cases and the rate per thousand inhabitants for general mortality. The dataset is updated annually with the latest year's figures and is provided by www.datos.gov.co. It includes municipality and region names and codes, as well as geographic location data.

Use Cases

• Analyzing temporal mortality trends using the Año and TasaXMilHabitantes columns.
• Comparing mortality rates across municipalities using NombreMunicipio, CodigoMunicipio, and TasaXMilHabitantes.
• Mapping mortality data geographically using the Ubicacion column alongside municipal identifiers.
• Aggregating case counts by region using CodigoRegion, NombreRegion, and NumeroCasos.

Strengths

• Provides a long-term time series starting from 2005.
• Includes both raw case counts (NumeroCasos) and normalized rates (TasaXMilHabitantes).
• Offers data at the municipal level with geographic identifiers (Ubicacion).

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

Time Range

2005 onward

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 19:24:33; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Municipalities within the Antioquia department, Colombia