The main mortality causes for Colombia in 2010 are in the direction of the phenomenon known as Epidemiologic Transition. Among these we can find neoplasms and heart diseases as the factors with highest death incidence. Physical aggressions and homicides also cause a large number of deaths in the...

Este documento analiza las diferencias en el estado de salud general de los colombianos por regiones y las principales causas de consulta en el Sistema General de Seguridad Social en Salud. Los resultados de este ejercicio para los años 2005 y 2010 se resumen en varios puntos. En primer lugar,...

Colombia is a country with large regional differences in levels of development, as well as high levels of malnutrition that limit its potential productivity. By using data from the National Survey of Nutritional Status 2010, this paper characterizes the nutritional status of children between 1...

En este trabajo se analiza la dinámica de la tasa mortalidad infantil (TMI) en Colombia entre 1964 y 2008, estimando a una serie de tiempo extensa de la TMI desde dos métodos y fuentes diferentes. En el primer caso, se aplicó el método indirecto Brass con las variaciones de Trussell y...

El presente documento evalúa los determinantes del acceso a los servicios médicos en Colombia con datos de la Encuesta Nacional de Calidad de Vida del año 2012, considerando características de la oferta y la demanda de salud conjuntamente. Se encontró que el acceso a los servicios médicos...

This paper uses information from the Demographic and Health Survey, as well as the National Survey of Nutritional Status of 2005 and 2010 in order to calculate obesity concentration indices among adults in Colombia. Additionally, we performed an analysis of the factors that account for the...

Using data from the 2010 Colombia Demographic and Health Survey and National Survey of the Nutritional Situation in Colombia (ENDS-ENSIN), we analyzed the evolution of the Colombian height trends among the birth cohort 1946-1992 by ethnic group. We find that there are statistically significant...

In this paper we argue that the most effective policy for the reduction in regional income disparities observed in Colombia is to invest in the human capital of the inhabitants of the periphery. Initially, we review the failed efforts to transform Colombian education in the late nineteenth...

In Colombia, ethnic students have a low academic achievement compared to their non-ethnic peers in standardized test scores on math and language. This achievement gap is persistent at the state level, especially in high ethnic density states. Using information regarding results from the state...