Institutional Births Percentage in Bolívar Department, Colombia, 2010-2024

2010 to 2024 data on the percentage of births attended in health institutions across municipalities in the Bolívar Department, Colombia. The dataset is sourced from the Ministry of Health and Social Protection and DANE, with numerators and denominators from the SISPRO Cubos EEVV system. It includes annual results, numerators, and denominators for each municipality over the 15-year period.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal trends in institutional birth coverage using the `Resultado` columns for each year from 2010 to 2024.
• Compare healthcare access between municipalities by grouping data using the `Municipio` column alongside annual result columns.
• Calculate annual birth counts or validate reported percentages by cross-referencing `Numerador` and `Denominador` columns for specific years like 2015 or 2020.

Strengths

• Data spans a 15-year time range from 2010 to 2024, as indicated by the column names.
• Includes granular municipality-level data for the Bolívar Department, as shown by the `Municipio` column.
• Provides both raw counts (`Numerador`, `Denominador`) and calculated percentages (`Resultado`) for transparency.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and completeness for all municipality-year combinations requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social (Ministry of Health and Social Protection) and DANE, via SISPRO Cubos EEVV.

Collection Method

Calculation: (Numerator / Denominator) * 100, with adjustments for multiple births as noted in the description.

Time Range

2010 to 2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 18:23:53; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Municipalities within the Bolívar Department, Colombia.