Public Health Surveillance of Gender-Based and Intrafamily Violence in Tuluá, Colombia

Tuluá municipality in Colombia consolidates records for public health surveillance of gender-based and intrafamily violence. The dataset includes information on case occurrence, victim characteristics, type of violence, location, and institutional follow-up. It is hosted on the Colombian open data platform www.datos.gov.co and was last updated on 2026-05-18.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal trends in reported violence using the `año` (year), `semana` (week), and `fec_hecho` (date of event) columns.
• Profile victim demographics and vulnerability factors using columns like `ident_gene` (gender identity), `edad_agre` (age), `per_etn_` (ethnicity), `gp_gestan` (pregnancy group), and `gp_psiquia` (psychiatric group).
• Classify incidents by type and context using `naturaleza` (nature), `mecanismo_utilizado_para_la_agresión` (mechanism of aggression), `ambito_lug` (location context), and `zona_conf` (conflict zone).
• Study institutional pathways and outcomes using `remit_prot` (referral for protection), `pac_hos_` (hospitalization), `ac_mental` (mental health care), and `fec_con_` (consultation date).

Strengths

• Contains over 30 columns detailing victim profiles, incident characteristics, and institutional responses.
• Data is explicitly intended to support public policy decisions and prevention actions, as stated in the description.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality, completeness, and potential biases require manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Consolidated registry for public health surveillance.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 16:36:54; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Municipality of Tuluá, Colombia.