Mental Health Patient Diagnoses with Age Group Counts

Salud Mental is a dataset from datos.gov.co, last updated on December 19, 2025. It lists mental health diagnoses with patient counts segmented by age group. The data likely contains diagnosis codes, admission diagnoses, and total patient numbers for each condition.

Use Cases

• Analyze the prevalence of specific mental health conditions (diagnostico_ingreso) across different age groups (De 1 a 4, De 15 a 19, etc.) for epidemiological studies.
• Rank mental health diagnoses by total patient volume (Total) to identify the most common conditions requiring clinical attention.
• Model patient age distribution for a given diagnosis code (codigo_dx_ingreso) using the provided age bracket columns.
• Track annual trends in diagnosis counts (Año diagnóstico) for specific mental health disorders over time.

Strengths

• Data is structured with a clear breakdown of patient counts across 10 distinct age demographic columns.
• Includes both a diagnosis description (diagnostico_ingreso) and a standardized diagnosis code (codigo_dx_ingreso) for potential cross-referencing.
• Last updated on 2025-12-19, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Row count and total dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality, such as completeness of age groups or diagnosis codes, requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co

Time Range

Implied by the 'Año diagnóstico' column, but specific range is unknown.

Freshness

Last updated 2025-12-19 23:17:12.

Geography

Likely Colombia, inferred from the .gov.co domain, but not explicitly stated.