Research Guides @ Fordham: Open Data: Health Data

Content Note

This guide is for researchers looking for open data to download for computational research. If you are looking for statistics or reports, try the Demographic Data & Statistics guide.

U.S. Government Sources

data.CDC.gov
Offers data available via data.CDC.gov.
CDC WONDER
WONDER consists of online databases from the CDC with ad-hoc query systems to access and analyze public health data.
NIH Open Domain-Specific Data Sharing Repositories
NIH-supported domain-specific data repositories that make data accessible for reuse and are open for both submitting and accessing data.
SAMHSA Data
Provides open data from Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Data Collected by Organizations

APA Data Sets and Repository Links
Links to data sets and digital repositories recommended by the American Psychological Association.

International Sources

World Health Organization Open Data Repository
Open data from WHO covering a variety of public and world health topics.
UNICEF Data Warehouse
Search for data sets from the world’s leading source of data on children offering databases of hundreds of indicators across a range of countries.
World Bank Open Data
Search for health topics by country or by indicator.

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