Directory / Open datasets / HDB-0192

Ifakara Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Ifakara HDSS)

Ifakara Health Institute

HDB-0192

The Ifakara HDSS operates in rural and urban areas of Kilombero and Ulanga districts, Tanzania, collecting longitudinal demographic and health data since 1996 on approximately 165,000 individuals across three distinct surveillance sites. Data includes vital events, sociodemographic characteristics, maternal and child health outcomes, and disease epidemiology, with core datasets available through the INDEPTH iSHARE repository.

Category

Open dataset

Access

Free registration

Region

Africa — Tanzania

Data types

demographic, vital events, maternal health, child health, malaria, disease surveillance

HDSS INDEPTH longitudinal surveillance

Visit official site ↗

Record HDB-0192 · last verified 2026-08-06 · listed in Open datasets

Related records

MIMIC-IV

MIT Laboratory for Computational Physiology De-identified electronic health records from patients admitted to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, covering ICU and emergency department stays from 2008 onward. The de facto standard dataset for clinical machine learning research, with vitals, labs, medications, procedures and linked clinical notes modules. Open dataset Credentialed HDB-0002

eICU Collaborative Research Database

MIT LCP / Philips Healthcare Multi-center ICU database from the Philips eICU telehealth program, covering 200,000+ admissions across hospitals in the United States. Complements MIMIC with multi-center generalizability for critical care research. Open dataset Credentialed HDB-0003

NHANES

CDC / National Center for Health Statistics The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey combines interviews, physical examinations and laboratory tests on a representative sample of the US population, released in continuous two-year cycles since 1999. A workhorse dataset for epidemiology and public health research. Open dataset Open access HDB-0004

SEER Cancer Registry

National Cancer Institute The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program collects cancer incidence, treatment and survival data from population-based registries covering roughly half of the US population. The reference source for US cancer statistics. Open dataset By application