SIVIGILA 2018: Colombian Public Health Surveillance System Records
Updated 26d ago
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Description
SIVIGILA 2018 contains records from Colombia's National Public Health Surveillance System, designed to provide systematic and timely information on events affecting population health. The dataset includes columns such as ANO (year), SEMANA (week), COD_EVE (event code), and conteo_casos (case count). It is hosted by datos.gov.co and was last updated on 2026-05-18.
Use Cases
Analyze temporal trends in disease incidence using ANO and SEMANA columns.
Map disease events by geographic region using COD_DPTO_O (department code) and COD_MUN_O (municipality code).
Aggregate case counts for specific health events using COD_EVE and conteo_casos columns.
Correlate event names (Nombre) with geographic locations (nom_mun) for spatial epidemiology studies.
Strengths
Includes structured time-series data with year and week granularity (ANO, SEMANA).
Contains geographic identifiers at department and municipality levels (COD_DPTO_O, COD_MUN_O).
Provides direct case counts (conteo_casos) for quantitative analysis.
Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.
Limitations
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
License and author information are unknown, which may affect usage rights.
Provenance
Source
www.datos.gov.co
Collection Method
Systematic collection via the SIVIGILA national surveillance system.
Time Range
2018 (implied by title and ANO column).
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-18 18:10:56; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Colombia (implied by platform tags and column names referencing departments and municipalities).
License is unknown; users should verify terms of use before application.