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CDC Open Data (NCHS vital statistics)

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics · The curated NCHS tables are historical compilations, frozen at their published end years (2013–2018) and revised only irregularly; the portal's provisional surveillance datasets (deferred from v1) update weekly.

1,078 datasets 1,399 stored 1900-01-01 to 2018-01-01 coverage

License: public-domain · official terms. Attribution text and per-series license flags ride in every API envelope.

Source API docs

Quickstart

Latest observations, with provenance and citation on every value:

curl "https://starwell.dev/api/starwell/v1/sources/cdc-socrata/series/e6fc-ccez:crude_birth_rate/observations?latest=12"

A computed, cited answer from this source:

curl -X POST "https://starwell.dev/api/starwell/v1/answer" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer dlk_live_YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"question": "What is the latest Crude Birth Rate?", "source": "cdc-socrata"}'

Data reads need no key; answers do. Keys are free at /account; a keyless sample lives at GET /api/starwell/v1/answer/demo.

As MCP tools in Claude, Cursor, or any agent framework:

claude mcp add --transport http starwell https://starwell.dev/api/starwell/mcp

Data series

SeriesIndicatorGeographyUnitFreqCoverage
epev-k6ss:mortality_rate:neonatal Mortality Rate — Neonatal United States deaths per 1,000 live births annual 1915-01-01 .. 2013-01-01
e6fc-ccez:general_fertility_rate General Fertility Rate United States births per 1,000 population aged 15-44 years annual 1909-01-01 .. 2018-01-01
6rkc-nb2q:age_adjusted_death_rate:influenza-and-pneumonia Age Adjusted Death Rate — Influenza and Pneumonia United States deaths per 100,000 (age-adjusted, 2000 U.S. standard population) annual 1900-01-01 .. 2018-01-01
w9j2-ggv5:mortality:all-races:both-sexes Age-adjusted Death Rate — All Races, Both Sexes United States deaths per 100,000 (age-adjusted, 2000 U.S. standard population) annual 1900-01-01 .. 2018-01-01
6rkc-nb2q:age_adjusted_death_rate:heart-disease Age Adjusted Death Rate — Heart Disease United States deaths per 100,000 (age-adjusted, 2000 U.S. standard population) annual 1900-01-01 .. 2018-01-01
e6fc-ccez:birth_number Birth Number United States births annual 1909-01-01 .. 2018-01-01
6rkc-nb2q:age_adjusted_death_rate:accidents Age Adjusted Death Rate — Accidents United States deaths per 100,000 (age-adjusted, 2000 U.S. standard population) annual 1900-01-01 .. 2018-01-01
6rkc-nb2q:age_adjusted_death_rate:stroke Age Adjusted Death Rate — Stroke United States deaths per 100,000 (age-adjusted, 2000 U.S. standard population) annual 1900-01-01 .. 2018-01-01
epev-k6ss:mortality_rate:infant Mortality Rate — Infant United States deaths per 1,000 live births annual 1915-01-01 .. 2013-01-01
w9j2-ggv5:average_life_expectancy:all-races:both-sexes Average Life Expectancy (Years) — All Races, Both Sexes United States years annual 1900-01-01 .. 2018-01-01
e6fc-ccez:crude_birth_rate Crude Birth Rate United States births per 1,000 population annual 1909-01-01 .. 2018-01-01
6rkc-nb2q:age_adjusted_death_rate:cancer Age Adjusted Death Rate — Cancer United States deaths per 100,000 (age-adjusted, 2000 U.S. standard population) annual 1900-01-01 .. 2018-01-01
bi63-dtpu:aadr:united-states:all-causes Age-adjusted Death Rate — United States, All causes United States deaths per 100,000 (age-adjusted, 2000 U.S. standard population) annual 1999-01-01 .. 2017-01-01
bi63-dtpu:deaths:united-states:all-causes Deaths — United States, All causes United States deaths annual 1999-01-01 .. 2017-01-01