Mapping of public health databases

Date of last update: 6 May 2014

As part of the thematic debate on the opening of public health data launched by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health in November 2013, the Etalab mission carried out the most comprehensive census of existing public databases and datasets in the field of health, and today publishes this mapping. More than 260 databases or datasets have been identified.

Each database identified has been evaluated on its current “opening level” against 4 criteria: freedom of access (who has access to the data?), the cost of access (is the data available free of charge?), the format of availability (is the data offered in formats facilitating re-use?), the legal conditions for re-use (is the re-use of data explicitly allowed?)

**Two granularity levels ** are also identified for each database or dataset: the granular level (data at the finest level that can be obtained depending on the origin of the data and the collection system), and the aggregate level (data obtained by grouping granular data according to one or more common characteristics).

We strongly encourage you to consult the Mapping Reading Guide, published below as a resource associated with the dataset. This document presents in particular the two levels of typology used.

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