Protobi NHANES Data Repository

This repository contains survey data and metadata for the CDC National Health and Nutrition Evaluation Survey (NHANES).

This builds on the download of XPT and HTM files by https://www.reddit.com/user/Ancient_Winter/ and archived at https://archive.org/details/continuous-nhanes It also contains translations of the SAS Transport .xpt data files to text .csv and SPSS .sav datafiles.

Submit corrections and requests for this repository via the "Issues" and "Pull requests" links above.

Installation

Use Git to clone this repository. You may need to download git command line or GitHub Desktop. This will download all the files to your local machine in a way that makes it easier to receive and contribute updates over time.

You can also download individual files via the links above within this GitHub index page.

From the command line enter: git clone https://github.com/protobi/nhanes-continuous

Structure

This currently contains data for all data tables from the NHANES Continuous Survey, beginning with the first year it was fielded, data year 1999-2000.

Modules:

• Demographics
• Questionnaire
• Dietary
• Examination
• Laboratory

Suffix	Year
L	2021-2023
P	2017-2020
I	2015-2016
H	2013-2014
G	2011-2012
F	2009-2010
E	2007-2008
D	2005-2006
C	2003-2004
B	2001-2002
A	1999-2000

Data tables in latest NHANES release

The latest release 2021-2023 includes the following tables in these modules:

Demographics	Dietary	Examination	Laboratory	Questionnaire
DEMO_L	DR1IFF_L	BAX_L	AGP_L	ACQ_L
	DR1TOT_L	BMX_L	CBC_L	ALQ_L
	DR2IFF_L	BPXO_L	FASTQX_L	AUQ_L
	DR2TOT_L	LUX_L	FERTIN_L	BAQ_L
	DRXFCD_L		FOLATE_L	BPQ_L
			FOLFMS_L	DBQ_L
			GHB_L	DEQ_L
			GLU_L	DIQ_L
			HDL_L	DPQ_L
			HEPA_L	ECQ_L
			HEPB_S_L	FNQ_L
			HSCRP_L	HEQ_L
			IHGEM_L	HIQ_L
			INS_L	HOQ_L
			PBCD_L	HSQ_L
			TCHOL_L	HUQ_L
			TFR_L	IMQ_L
			TST_L	INQ_L
			UCPREG_L	KIQ_U_L
			VID_L	MCQ_L
				OCQ_L
				OHQ_L
				PAQY_L
				PAQ_L
				PUQMEC_L
				RHQ_L
				RXQASA_L
				RXQ_RX_L
				SLQ_L
				SMQFAM_L
				SMQRTU_L
				SMQ_L
				WHQ_L

Data tables by release

Unique by seqn

TABLE	CYCLE
ACQ	A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,L,P
AGP	L
ALQ	A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,L,P
AUQ	A,B,C,D,E,F,G,I,L,P
BAQ	A,B,C,L
BAX	A,B,C,L
BMX	A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,L,P
BPQ	A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,L,P
BPXO	L,P
CBC	D,E,F,G,H,I,L,P
DBQ	A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,L,P
DEMO	A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,L,P
DEQ	A,B,C,D,F,G,H,I,L,P
DIQ	A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,L,P
DPQ	D,E,F,G,H,I,L,P
DR1TOT	C,D,E,F,G,H,I,L,P
DR2TOT	C,D,E,F,G,H,I,L
ECQ	A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,L,P
FASTQX	D,E,F,G,H,I,P,L
FERTIN	D,E,F,I,L,P
FNQ	L
FOLATE	D,E,F,G,H,I,P,L
FOLFMS	E,G,H,I,L,P
GHB	D,E,F,G,H,I,P,L
GLU	D,E,F,G,H,I,L,P
HDL	D,E,F,G,H,I,P,L
HEPA	D,E,F,G,H,I,P,L
HEPB_S	D,E,F,G,H,I,P,L
HEQ	H,I,L,P
HIQ	A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,L,P
HOQ	A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,L
HSCRP	I,P,L
HSQ	A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,L,P
HUQ	A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,L,P
IHGEM	G,H,I,L,P
IMQ	A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,L,P
INQ	E,F,G,H,I,L,P
INS	H,I,P,L
KIQ_U	B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,L,P
LUX	P,L
MCQ	A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,L,P
OCQ	A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,P,L
OHQ	A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,P,L
PAQ	A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,P,L
PAQY	P,L
PBCD	D,E,F,G,H,I,L,P
PUQMEC	D,E,F,G,H,I,P,L
RHQ	A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,P,L
RXQASA	G,H,I,P,L
RXQ_RX	L
SLQ	D,E,F,G,H,I,P,L
SMQ	A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,P,L
SMQFAM	A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,P,L
SMQRTU	D,E,F,G,H,I,P,L
TCHOL	D,E,F,G,H,I,P,L
TFR	D,E,F,I,P,L
TST	G,H,I,L,P
UCPREG	D,E,F,G,H,I,P,L
VID	G,H,I,L
WHQ	A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,P,L

Not unique by seqn

TABLE	CYCLES
AUXWBR	I,P
DR1IFF	C,D,E,F,G,H,I,L
DR2IFF	C,D,E,F,G,H,I,L
DRXIFF	A,B
DS1IDS	E,F,G,H,I
DS2IDS	E,F,G,H,I
DSQ2	B,C,D
DSQFILE2	A
DSQIDS	E,F,G,H,I
FFQDC	C,D
PAQIAF	A,B,C,D
PAXDAY	H
RXQANA	B,C
RXQ_RX	B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,P
SSHPV	F

Not indexed by seqn

TABLE	CYCLES
BFRPOL	D,E,F,G,H,I
DOXPOL	D,E,F,G,I
DRXFCD	C,D,E,F,G,H,I,L
DRXFMT	A,B
DRXMCD	C,D,E,F,G
DSBI	A
DSII	A
DSPI	A
FOODLK	C,D
PCBPOL	D,E,F,G,H,I
PSTPOL	D,E,F,G,H,I
SSANA2	A,G
SSBFR	B
SSPCB	B
SSPST	B
VARLK	C,D