Health 201 · Data Catalog Public health data · 2026-08-09

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Access tierOPEN-API Queryable API, automatable end to end.
Access methodREST API
AuthenticationNone
RegionGlobal
Topicsharmonized-indicators life-expectancy vaccination disease-burden
Finest geographycountry
Update cadencecontinuous
Statusverified · last checked 2026-08-08
Registry idowid

Quirks & gotchas

Chart API: append .csv/.metadata.json to any /grapher/{slug} URL (csvType=filtered&country=). ETL catalog on GitHub (owid/etl). Secondary source — cite the upstream.

Related sources on the same topics

WHO Global Health Observatory
WHO
World Bank health indicators (WDI/HNP)
World Bank
UK ONS
UK Office for National Statistics
WHO Global Health Estimates
WHO

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: owid 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.