Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CDC PLACES / 500 Cities API

PLACES (Population Level Analysis and Community Estimates) provides model-based small-area estimates for chronic disease risk factors, health outcomes, and prevention practices for counties, ZCTAs, census tracts, and places across the United States. Data is available via the Socrata chronicdata.cdc.gov portal as JSON, CSV, and GeoJSON endpoints.

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Website
https://www.cdc.gov/places/
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Methodology
https://www.cdc.gov/places/methodology/
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OpenData
https://chronicdata.cdc.gov/

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention:cdc-places-api
name: CDC PLACES / 500 Cities API
tags:
- BRFSS
- Census Tract
- Chronic Disease
- Health Indicators
- Small Area Estimation
humanURL: https://www.cdc.gov/places/
baseURL: https://chronicdata.cdc.gov/resource/
properties:
- url: https://www.cdc.gov/places/
  type: Website
- url: https://www.cdc.gov/places/methodology/
  type: Methodology
- url: https://chronicdata.cdc.gov/
  type: OpenData
description: PLACES (Population Level Analysis and Community Estimates) provides model-based small-area
  estimates for chronic disease risk factors, health outcomes, and prevention practices for counties,
  ZCTAs, census tracts, and places across the United States. Data is available via the Socrata chronicdata.cdc.gov
  portal as JSON, CSV, and GeoJSON endpoints.