pandas-nhanes 0.1.6

A Python API for accessing NHANES data

Pandas-Nhanes

A Python package for accessing a cleaned subset of NHANES National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data for quick prototyping—no API key required.

Caching is implemented to avoid re-downloading datasets.

Installation

Install from PyPI:

pip install pandas_nhanes

Or from source:

git clone https://github.com/jeromevde/pandas_nhanes.git
cd pandas_nhanes
pip install -e .

Usage

from pandas_nhanes import get_variables, get_dataset, explore

# Get the full NHANES variable table
variables = get_variables()

# Explore the variables table in an interactive HTML table in browser
explore()

# Download a dataset as a pandas DataFrame
TST_L = get_dataset("TST_L")