HIV Mother-to-Child Transmission Rates in Bolívar Department, Colombia (2012-2019)

Salud - Porcentaje De Transmisión Materno-infantil Del VIH En Menores De 18 Meses en el Departamento de Bolívar de 2012 a 2018 is a dataset from www.datos.gov.co. It contains the percentage of mother-to-child HIV transmission in children under 18 months, calculated from numerator and denominator data provided by the Cuenta de Alto Costo (CAC) – Min Salud. The data is available at the departmental level and for the Cartagena district from 2012 to 2019.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal trends in transmission rates using Resultado columns (e.g., Resultado 2012, Resultado 2019) across 8 years.
• Calculate annual transmission percentages by dividing Numerador columns (e.g., Numerador 2018) by Denominador columns (e.g., Denominador 2018) for specific years.
• Compare HIV case counts (Numerador) against the population of children born to HIV-positive mothers (Denominador) to assess program coverage.
• Filter and aggregate data by Municipio to identify geographic areas within the department with higher or lower transmission rates.

Strengths

• Provides a clear calculation method (Numerador/Denominador*100) for the key metric.
• Includes data for 8 consecutive years (2012-2019), allowing for longitudinal analysis.
• Data is sourced from an official health institution (Cuenta de Alto Costo – Min Salud).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is only available at the departmental and Cartagena district level, limiting granular geographic analysis.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Cuenta de Alto Costo (CAC) – Min Salud, via www.datos.gov.co

Collection Method

Administrative health records aggregation.

Time Range

2012 to 2019

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 18:11:58; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Bolívar Department, Colombia, with specific data for the Cartagena district.