CDC Open Data API (data.cdc.gov)

by dev.socrata.com

Health Added on November 7th, 2026 Checked and working on November 7th, 2026

What it does

The CDC open data portal publishes hundreds of US public-health datasets, such as causes of death, vaccination coverage and disease surveillance, each with its own API (Socrata SODA). Filter, sort and aggregate rows with SoQL in the URL and get JSON or CSV, for example the leading causes of death per state and year. Free, no key needed; a free app token raises the rate limit.

API
CSV
HTTP-GET
JSON
REST

At a glance

API key: Not needed · More APIs with no key
Pricing: Free, no key needed; a free app token raises the rate limit.
From the browser: Yes (CORS)
Formats: JSON, CSV
Interface: REST, HTTP-GET
Provider: dev.socrata.com
Last checked: Working on November 7th, 2026

More information: https://dev.socrata.com/foundry/data.cdc.gov/bi63-dtpu

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HTML

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Example request

curl

curl 'https://data.cdc.gov/resource/bi63-dtpu.json?$limit=5'

JavaScript

const response = await fetch("https://data.cdc.gov/resource/bi63-dtpu.json?$limit=5");
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Python

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://data.cdc.gov/resource/bi63-dtpu.json?$limit=5",
    timeout=30,
)
print(response.json())

The JavaScript works in a web page as well as in Node.js 18 or newer.