Live Birth Records for Miranda Cauca Municipality, 2019-2026

Registries of live births by occurrence in the municipality of Miranda, Cauca, Colombia, covering the period from 2019 to 2026. The dataset includes 26 columns detailing prenatal care, parental demographics, birth details, and infant health metrics. It is hosted on the Colombian open data portal www.datos.gov.co and was last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between maternal education (Último Año Estudios Madre) and prenatal care visits (Número Consultas Prenatales) using regression on municipal birth records.
• Classify birth type (Tipo Parto) based on factors like gestation time (Tiempo Gestación), birth weight (Peso), and maternal age (Edad Madre) with decision tree models.
• Study ethnic disparities (Pertenencia Étnica) in birth outcomes by examining variables such as birth attendant (Parto Atendido Por) and social security regime (Régimen Seguridad Social).
• Model infant health indicators like weight (Peso) and length (Talla) using parental age (Edad Padre, Edad Madre) and number of previous live births (Número Hijos Nacidos Vivos).

Strengths

• Includes 26 detailed columns covering medical, demographic, and socioeconomic factors for each birth record.
• Covers a multi-year period from 2019 to 2026, allowing for temporal trend analysis.
• Provides granular geographic detail down to the municipality level (Municipio Nacimiento, Departamento Nacimiento).

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.
• License and author information are unknown, which may affect usage rights and provenance clarity.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co (Colombian open data portal)

Collection Method

Likely contains administrative records from civil registration or health authorities.

Time Range

2019 to 2026

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-20 17:00:47; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Municipality of Miranda, Department of Cauca, Colombia