jp-idwr-db 0.2.3

Japanese IDWR infectious disease database and analytics toolkit built on Polars.

jp-idwr-db

Python access to Japanese infectious disease surveillance data from NIID/JIHS.

jp-idwr-db provides a Polars-first API for filtering and analysis. Parquet datasets are versioned as GitHub Release assets and downloaded to a local cache on first use. It is inspired by the R package jpinfect, but it is not an API-parity port and includes independently curated ingestion and coverage.

NIID/JIHS surveillance data is public, but it is not exposed as a clean analytical API. To reconstruct usable time series, you typically need to navigate multiple archive structures, yearly directories, and week-level files with changing formats (Excel and CSV) across historical and modern reporting systems.

This package exists to remove that friction: it consolidates those heterogeneous sources into standardized, queryable tables so you can move directly to epidemiological analysis instead of file discovery, parsing, and schema harmonization.

Install

pip install jp-idwr-db

Data Download Model

• Package wheels do not ship the large parquet tables.
• On first call to jp.load(...) (or jp.get_data(...)), the package downloads versioned data assets from GitHub Releases.
• Cache path defaults to:
  • macOS: ~/Library/Caches/jp_idwr_db/data/<version>/
  • Linux: ~/.cache/jp_idwr_db/data/<version>/
  • Windows: %LOCALAPPDATA%\\jp_idwr_db\\Cache\\data\\<version>\\

Prefetch explicitly:

python -m jp_idwr_db data download
python -m jp_idwr_db data download --version v0.2.2 --force

Environment overrides:

• JPINFECT_DATA_VERSION: choose a specific release tag (example: v0.2.2)
• JPINFECT_DATA_BASE_URL: override asset host base URL
• JPINFECT_CACHE_DIR: override local cache root

Quick Start

To fetch the full unified dataset with a single call:

import jp_idwr_db as jp
import polars as pl

df = (
    jp.load("unified")
    .select(["date", "prefecture", "category", "disease", "count", "source"])
)
print(df)

shape: (5_370_477, 6)
┌────────────┬────────────┬──────────┬─────────────────────────────┬───────┬────────────────────┐
│ date       ┆ prefecture ┆ category ┆ disease                     ┆ count ┆ source             │
│ ---        ┆ ---        ┆ ---      ┆ ---                         ┆ ---   ┆ ---                │
│ date       ┆ str        ┆ str      ┆ str                         ┆ f64   ┆ str                │
╞════════════╪════════════╪══════════╪═════════════════════════════╪═══════╪════════════════════╡
│ 1999-04-11 ┆ Aichi      ┆ total    ┆ AIDS                        ┆ 0.0   ┆ Confirmed cases    │
│ 1999-04-11 ┆ Aichi      ┆ total    ┆ Acute poliomyelitis         ┆ 0.0   ┆ Confirmed cases    │
│ 1999-04-11 ┆ Aichi      ┆ total    ┆ Acute viral hepatitis       ┆ 4.0   ┆ Confirmed cases    │
│ 1999-04-11 ┆ Aichi      ┆ total    ┆ Amebiasis                   ┆ 0.0   ┆ Confirmed cases    │
│ 1999-04-11 ┆ Aichi      ┆ total    ┆ Anthrax                     ┆ 0.0   ┆ Confirmed cases    │
│ …          ┆ …          ┆ …        ┆ …                           ┆ …     ┆ …                  │
│ 2026-02-09 ┆ Yamanashi  ┆ total    ┆ Viral hepatitis(excluding   ┆ 0.0   ┆ All-case reporting │
│            ┆            ┆          ┆ hepa…                       ┆       ┆                    │
│ 2026-02-09 ┆ Yamanashi  ┆ total    ┆ West Nile fever             ┆ 0.0   ┆ All-case reporting │
│ 2026-02-09 ┆ Yamanashi  ┆ total    ┆ Western equine encephalitis ┆ 0.0   ┆ All-case reporting │
│ 2026-02-09 ┆ Yamanashi  ┆ total    ┆ Yellow fever                ┆ 0.0   ┆ All-case reporting │
│ 2026-02-09 ┆ Yamanashi  ┆ total    ┆ Zika virus infection        ┆ 0.0   ┆ All-case reporting │
└────────────┴────────────┴──────────┴─────────────────────────────┴───────┴────────────────────┘

You can also filter at the source with jp.get_data(...):

# Fetch only tuberculosis data for 2024 in Tokyo, Osaka, and Hokkaido
tb = (
    jp.get_data(
        disease="Tuberculosis", 
        year=2024, 
        prefecture=["Tokyo", "Osaka", "Hokkaido"])
    .select(["date", "prefecture", "disease", "count", "source"])
)
print(tb)

shape: (156, 5)
┌────────────┬────────────┬──────────────┬───────┬────────────────────┐
│ date       ┆ prefecture ┆ disease      ┆ count ┆ source             │
│ ---        ┆ ---        ┆ ---          ┆ ---   ┆ ---                │
│ date       ┆ str        ┆ str          ┆ f64   ┆ str                │
╞════════════╪════════════╪══════════════╪═══════╪════════════════════╡
│ 2024-01-01 ┆ Hokkaido   ┆ Tuberculosis ┆ 2.0   ┆ All-case reporting │
│ 2024-01-01 ┆ Osaka      ┆ Tuberculosis ┆ 3.0   ┆ All-case reporting │
│ 2024-01-01 ┆ Tokyo      ┆ Tuberculosis ┆ 15.0  ┆ All-case reporting │
│ 2024-01-08 ┆ Hokkaido   ┆ Tuberculosis ┆ 4.0   ┆ All-case reporting │
│ 2024-01-08 ┆ Osaka      ┆ Tuberculosis ┆ 17.0  ┆ All-case reporting │
│ …          ┆ …          ┆ …            ┆ …     ┆ …                  │
│ 2024-12-16 ┆ Osaka      ┆ Tuberculosis ┆ 17.0  ┆ All-case reporting │
│ 2024-12-16 ┆ Tokyo      ┆ Tuberculosis ┆ 41.0  ┆ All-case reporting │
│ 2024-12-23 ┆ Hokkaido   ┆ Tuberculosis ┆ 5.0   ┆ All-case reporting │
│ 2024-12-23 ┆ Osaka      ┆ Tuberculosis ┆ 16.0  ┆ All-case reporting │
│ 2024-12-23 ┆ Tokyo      ┆ Tuberculosis ┆ 53.0  ┆ All-case reporting │
└────────────┴────────────┴──────────────┴───────┴────────────────────┘

# Sentinel-only diseases from recent years in Tokyo prefecture
sentinel_df = (
    jp.get_data(
        source="sentinel", 
        year=(2024, 2026))
    .select(["date", "prefecture", "disease", "count", "per_sentinel"])
)
print(sentinel_df)

shape: (2_052, 5)
┌────────────┬────────────┬─────────────────────────────────┬─────────┬──────────────┐
│ date       ┆ prefecture ┆ disease                         ┆ count   ┆ per_sentinel │
│ ---        ┆ ---        ┆ ---                             ┆ ---     ┆ ---          │
│ date       ┆ str        ┆ str                             ┆ f64     ┆ f64          │
╞════════════╪════════════╪═════════════════════════════════╪═════════╪══════════════╡
│ 2024-01-07 ┆ Tokyo      ┆ Acute hemorrhagic conjunctivit… ┆ null    ┆ null         │
│ 2024-01-07 ┆ Tokyo      ┆ Aseptic meningitis              ┆ null    ┆ null         │
│ 2024-01-07 ┆ Tokyo      ┆ Bacterial meningitis            ┆ null    ┆ null         │
│ 2024-01-07 ┆ Tokyo      ┆ COVID-19                        ┆ 1365.0  ┆ 3.38         │
│ 2024-01-07 ┆ Tokyo      ┆ Chickenpox                      ┆ 31.0    ┆ 0.12         │
│ …          ┆ …          ┆ …                               ┆ …       ┆ …            │
│ 2026-01-25 ┆ Tokyo      ┆ Influenza(excld. avian influen… ┆ 13082.0 ┆ 34.07        │
│ 2026-01-25 ┆ Tokyo      ┆ Mumps                           ┆ 30.0    ┆ 0.12         │
│ 2026-01-25 ┆ Tokyo      ┆ Mycoplasma pneumonia            ┆ 32.0    ┆ 1.28         │
│ 2026-01-25 ┆ Tokyo      ┆ Pharyngoconjunctival fever      ┆ 115.0   ┆ 0.47         │
│ 2026-01-25 ┆ Tokyo      ┆ Respiratory syncytial virus in… ┆ 242.0   ┆ 1.0          │
└────────────┴────────────┴─────────────────────────────────┴─────────┴──────────────┘

Main API

Top-level API exported by jp_idwr_db:

• load(name)
• get_data(...)
• list_diseases(source="all")
• list_prefectures()
• get_latest_week()
• prefecture_map()
• attach_prefecture_id(df, prefecture_col="prefecture", id_col="prefecture_id")
• merge(...), pivot(...)
• configure(...), get_config()

Datasets

Use jp.load(...) with:

• "sex": historical sex-disaggregated surveillance
• "place": historical place-category surveillance
• "bullet": modern all-case weekly reports (rapid zensu)
• "sentinel": sentinel weekly reports (teitenrui; 2012+ in release data assets)
• "unified": deduplicated combined dataset (sex-total + modern bullet/sentinel, recommended)

Detailed schema and coverage are documented in DATASETS.md.

Optional Prefecture IDs

Attach ISO prefecture IDs (JP-01 ... JP-47) only when needed:

import jp_idwr_db as jp

df_with_ids = (
    jp.get_data(disease="Measles", year=2024)
    .select(["prefecture", "disease", "count"])
    .sort(["prefecture", "count"])
    .unique(subset=["prefecture"], keep="first")
    .pipe(jp.attach_prefecture_id)
    .sort("prefecture")
)
print(df_with_ids)

shape: (48, 4)
┌────────────┬─────────┬───────┬───────────────┐
│ prefecture ┆ disease ┆ count ┆ prefecture_id │
│ ---        ┆ ---     ┆ ---   ┆ ---           │
│ str        ┆ str     ┆ f64   ┆ str           │
╞════════════╪═════════╪═══════╪═══════════════╡
│ Aichi      ┆ Measles ┆ 0.0   ┆ JP-23         │
│ Akita      ┆ Measles ┆ 0.0   ┆ JP-05         │
│ Aomori     ┆ Measles ┆ 0.0   ┆ JP-02         │
│ Chiba      ┆ Measles ┆ 0.0   ┆ JP-12         │
│ Ehime      ┆ Measles ┆ 0.0   ┆ JP-38         │
│ …          ┆ …       ┆ …     ┆ …             │
│ Toyama     ┆ Measles ┆ 0.0   ┆ JP-16         │
│ Wakayama   ┆ Measles ┆ 0.0   ┆ JP-30         │
│ Yamagata   ┆ Measles ┆ 0.0   ┆ JP-06         │
│ Yamaguchi  ┆ Measles ┆ 0.0   ┆ JP-35         │
│ Yamanashi  ┆ Measles ┆ 0.0   ┆ JP-19         │
└────────────┴─────────┴───────┴───────────────┘

Raw Download and Parsing

Raw file workflows are available in jp_idwr_db.io:

• jp_idwr_db.io.download(...)
• jp_idwr_db.io.download_recent(...)
• jp_idwr_db.io.read(...)

These are useful for refreshing local raw weekly files or debugging parser behavior.

Data Wrangling Examples

See EXAMPLES.md for Polars-first data wrangling recipes (grouping, trends, regional slices, source-aware filtering).

Disease-by-disease temporal coverage is documented in DISEASES.md.

Data Source

NIID/JIHS infectious disease surveillance publications:

• Historical annual archive files (Syu_01_1, Syu_02_1)
• Rapid weekly CSV reports (zensuXX.csv, teitenruiXX.csv)

Development

uv sync --all-extras --dev
uv run ruff check .
uv run mypy src
uv run pytest

Security and Integrity

• Release assets include a jp_idwr_db-manifest.json with SHA256 checksums.
• ensure_data() verifies archive checksum and each extracted parquet checksum before marking cache complete.
• For PyPI publishing, prefer Trusted Publishing (OIDC) over long-lived API tokens.

License

GPL-3.0-or-later. See LICENSE.