Live birth records from the Susana Lopez de Valencia Hospital, published on the Colombian open data portal. The dataset includes columns for parental age, gestational time, birth weight, sex, and municipality of residence. It was last updated on May 18, 2026, but the total number of records is unknown.
Use Cases
- Analyzing the relationship between maternal age (Edad_Madre) and birth weight (Peso) or gestational time (Tiempo_Gestación) using the available columns.
- Studying geographic distribution of births by municipality (Municipio_Residencia) and birth type (Tipo_Parto) for regional health planning.
- Modeling factors associated with multiple births (Multiplicidad Embarazo) using variables like parental age (Edad_Padre, Edad_Madre) and birth date (Fecha Nacimiento).
Strengths
- Published on the official Colombian government open data platform (www.datos.gov.co).
- Contains specific clinical and demographic variables such as Peso, Talla, and Municipio_Residencia.
Limitations
- Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic or institutional bias inherent to a single hospital source.
Provenance
- Source
- www.datos.gov.co
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-18 17:35:01.
- Geography
- Colombia, likely focused on the region served by Susana Lopez de Valencia Hospital.