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Table 8 Average levels of registration of the mortality database for all regions, Colombia, 1980–2010

From: The public health impact of economic fluctuations in a Latin American country: mortality and the business cycle in Colombia in the period 1980–2010

Region

1980–1995

2000–2010

Antioquia

43.6 %

47.7 %

Atlántico

70.4 %

83.7 %

Bogotá

89.4 %

97.7 %

Bolívar

69.7 %

69.6 %

Boyacá

93.8 %

86.2 %

Caldas

87.0 %

95.4 %

Caquetá

59.1 %

72.5 %

Cauca

72.2 %

74.3 %

Cesar

48.7 %

80.0 %

Córdoba

48.4 %

64.5 %

Cundinamarca

79.3 %

86.3 %

Chocó

44.0 %

58.7 %

Huila

90.2 %

91.5 %

La Guajira

25.9 %

47.6 %

Magdalena

48.6 %

79.7 %

Meta

54.9 %

84.9 %

Nariño

79.1 %

83.0 %

Norte de Santander

85.5 %

86.6 %

Quindío

76.4 %

89.2 %

Risaralda

87.4 %

95.6 %

Santander

86.6 %

90.1 %

Sucre

56.5 %

68.4 %

Tolima

72.0 %

83.3 %

Valle

89.9 %

98.2 %

Arauca

 

83.6 %

Casanare

 

59.4 %

Putumayo

 

60.8 %

San Andrés y Providencia Archipelago

 

48.8 %

Amazonía

 

55.6 %

Independent territories

36.0 %

 

Colombia

60.8 %

73.1 %

  1. (i) Overall, coverage of death registration gradually increased over the study period. Between 1980–1995 and 2000–2010, average levels of registered deaths increased from 60.8 to 73.1 %. At the same time, levels of registration improved in 18 out of 25 regions over time. The restricted subsample includes 12 regions in period 1 (Bogotá, Boyacá, Caldas, Caquetá, Cauca, Huila, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Quindío, Risaralda, Santander, and Valle) and 13 regions in period 2 (Atlántico, Bogotá, Boyacá, Caldas, Cundinamarca, Huila, Meta, Norte de Santander, Quindío, Risaralda, Santander, Valle, and Arauca). (iii) We allowed regions with levels of registration higher than 70 % in some -but not all- of the years to contribute to the restricted sample, but only for the years in which they had registration of 70 % of higher. For example, in period 1 Bogota had registration coverage above 70 % for years 1980–1994, but not in 1995. We therefore included only years 1980–1994 for Bogota and excluded 1995. (iv) Even if some regions had average levels of registration higher than 70 %, they had no years for which registration levels were above 70 % in all sex and age groups for at least one year, and therefore were not included in the restricted sample, e.g., Atlántico in the first period.(v) Likewise, some regions had average levels of registration lower than 70 % (e.g., Caquetá, 44 % in the first period), yet they had at least one year for which registration was higher than 70 % in all sex and age groups, and were therefore part of the restricted sample in those years
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International Journal for Equity in Health

ISSN: 1475-9276

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