Health Data and Statistics

Open Access Directory list of repositories and databases for open data.

A directory of data repositories.

Provided by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, the California Department of Health Services, and the Public Health Institute, this site offers data gathered in the California Health Interview Survey, performed every two years. (Requires free registration)

This site provides data compiled by the U.S. Agency for International Development regarding health in developing nations.

The Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) provides access to an extensive collection of downloadable data. For a list of health-related datasets, visit the ICPSR Health Data guide.

IPUMS Health Surveys provide free individual-level survey data for research purposes from two leading sources of self-reported health and health care access information: the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) and the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS).

Established in 1977, the UCLA Data Archive maintains a collection of machine-readable data files and their documentation, coordinates the acquisition of additional data from a variety of sources, and provides access to publicly available data, including data from the Center for Health Statistics.

Merritt is a new cost-effective repository service from the University of California Curation Center (UC3) that lets the UC community manage, archive, and share its valuable digital content.