What it returns
## Inputs - **Presets**: life expectancy, healthy life expectancy, under-five mortality, maternal mortality, obesity, diabetes, tobacco, alcohol, DTP3 immunisation, health spending as % of GDP, UHC service coverage index. - **Indicator codes**: any GHO code. **Keyword** searches indicator names and returns codes. - **Countries** (ISO3), **sex**, **last N years** or **start/end year**.
| Field | Meaning |. |---|---|. | recordType | `observation`, or `indicator` for keyword matches |. | indicatorCode, indicator | GHO code and name |. | countryCode, country, areaType, region | Country or region, and its WHO region |. | year, sex | Year and sex (both, male, female) |. | dimension | Other breakdowns, such as age group |. | value, low, high, display | Estimate, uncertainty bounds, and WHO's display text |. | source | WHO indicator page |.
Common uses
Country health profiles and comparisons. Public-health, insurance and pharma market research. SDG 3 tracking dashboards.
Request
POST https://api.pushbuild.com/who-health-indicators/run with a JSON body. Send your key in the X-API-Key header.
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
presets | list of strings | Headline indicators. Default when nothing is chosen: life expectancy, under-five mortality, adult obesity and health spending as % of GDP. |
indicatorCodes | list of strings | Any GHO indicator code, e.g. WHOSIS_000001. Find codes with Keyword. |
keyword | string | Search indicator names, e.g. 'malaria'. Returns one row per indicator with its code. |
maxResults | integer | How many indicators to return for Keyword (up to 200). Default: 50. |
countries | list of strings | ISO3 codes such as USA, GBR, JPN. Empty returns every country and region. |
sex | string: both, male, female, all | For indicators split by sex: both sexes, male, female, or all three. Default: "both". |
lastN | integer | Most recent years to keep when no start or end year is set. Default: 1. |
startYear | integer | First year, e.g. 2000. |
endYear | integer | Last year. |
maxItems | integer | Maximum items to return (1-500). Default: 100. |
Example
curl -X POST https://api.pushbuild.com/who-health-indicators/run \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"presets": ["life-expectancy", "under5-mortality", "obesity"], "maxItems": 20}'Response
{"count": 20, "truncated": false, "seconds": 1.4, "items": [ { ... } ]}Each call returns up to 500 items. Records that fail validation or are not found are flagged in the items and not charged.
Pricing
Pay only for results returned: $0.16 per 1,000 rows. No charge for errors or empty searches.
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