Research Foundations

Federal data

Data warehouses

Distributed Active Archive Center Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Data by science themes

HealthData.gov

CDC Dataset List

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services open data

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) data sources

National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)

• National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
• National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS)
• National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS)
• National Hospital Care Survey (NHCS)
• National Post-acute and Long-term Care Study 
• National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
• National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG)
• National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) online
• NCHS Rapid Surveys System
• COVID-19 Data
• National Immunization Survey: Child
• National Immunization Survey: Teen

Data from one tool

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)

Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS)

Healthcare Associated Infections Data

Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) from the US Census Bureau

NIH COVID Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) Data Hub

All of Us data browser

National Cancer Institute Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program (SEER) data

Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Data (HCUP) from AHRQ

• HCUPnet: free online query system with access to health stats
• HCUP Central Distributor: allows purchase of nationwide and state databases

NGO and consortial data

Project Tycho Pre-compiled datasets by country and condition

Catalogue of Surveillance Systems (Childhood Obesity) provides one-stop access to over 100 publicly available datasets relevant to childhood obesity research.

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) organization of member institutions working together to acquire, preserve and provide open and equitable access to social science data