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data.cdc.gov (Socrata)

CDC

Source homepage API endpoint Documentation

Access tierOPEN-API Queryable API, automatable end to end.
Access methodSocrata (SODA)
AuthenticationApp token
RegionUnited States
Topicschronic-disease overdose provisional-deaths immunization surveillance injury nndss
Finest geographycounty
Update cadenceper-dataset
How we check freshnessSocrata metadata rowsUpdatedAt per dataset
Statusverified · last checked 2026-08-08
Registry iddata-cdc-gov

Quirks & gotchas

~1500 datasets; app token recommended for pipelines. 2025 HHS data-removal episode: some datasets pulled/altered then partially restored — verify presence at runtime; archived snapshots at archive.org / Data Rescue Project.

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Provenance

Catalog contents: 114 public health data sources
Source of record: registry/sources.yaml in the HealthDataWhiz repository
Built: 2026-08-09
Machine-readable: catalog.json (CC-BY, reuse freely)
This entry: data-cdc-gov in registry/sources.yaml
Last verified: 2026-08-08

This catalog describes where public health data lives and how to access it. It is not medical advice, and it does not host or redistribute the data itself — always read each source's own documentation, licence, and suppression rules before using it. Access details drift; entries carry the date we last verified them. Sources marked RESTRICTED are listed for reference only — they require an application or data-use agreement and we never automate access to them.