Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CDC WONDER API

CDC WONDER (Wide-ranging ONline Data for Epidemiologic Research) is a suite of public-use ad-hoc query databases covering underlying and multiple cause of death, natality, cancer statistics, tuberculosis, STDs, vaccine adverse events, and environmental health indicators. WONDER exposes an XML-based HTTP API that accepts parameter documents and returns aggregate statistics suitable for epidemiologic research.

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Documentation
https://wonder.cdc.gov/wonder/help/wonder-api.html

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Website
https://wonder.cdc.gov/
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FAQ
https://wonder.cdc.gov/wonder/help/faq.html

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention:cdc-wonder-api
name: CDC WONDER API
tags:
- Cancer
- Mortality
- Natality
- Query Database
- Statistics
humanURL: https://wonder.cdc.gov/
baseURL: https://wonder.cdc.gov/controller/datarequest/
properties:
- url: https://wonder.cdc.gov/
  type: Website
- url: https://wonder.cdc.gov/wonder/help/wonder-api.html
  type: Documentation
- url: https://wonder.cdc.gov/wonder/help/faq.html
  type: FAQ
description: CDC WONDER (Wide-ranging ONline Data for Epidemiologic Research) is a suite of public-use
  ad-hoc query databases covering underlying and multiple cause of death, natality, cancer statistics,
  tuberculosis, STDs, vaccine adverse events, and environmental health indicators. WONDER exposes an XML-based
  HTTP API that accepts parameter documents and returns aggregate statistics suitable for epidemiologic
  research.