Package: healthbR 0.2.0

healthbR: Access Brazilian Public Health Data

Provides easy access to Brazilian public health data from multiple sources including VIGITEL (Surveillance of Risk Factors for Chronic Diseases by Telephone Survey), PNS (National Health Survey), 'PNAD' Continua (Continuous National Household Sample Survey), 'POF' (Household Budget Survey with food security and consumption data), 'Censo Demografico' (population denominators via 'SIDRA' API), SIM (Mortality Information System), SINASC (Live Birth Information System), 'SIH' (Hospital Information System), 'SIA' (Outpatient Information System), 'SINAN' (Notifiable Diseases Surveillance), 'CNES' (National Health Facility Registry), 'SI-PNI' (National Immunization Program - aggregated 1994-2019 via FTP, individual-level 'microdata' 2020+ via 'OpenDataSUS' API), 'SISAB' (Primary Care Health Information System - coverage indicators via REST API), ANS ('Agencia Nacional de Saude Suplementar' - supplementary health beneficiaries, consumer complaints, and financial statements), 'ANVISA' ('Agencia Nacional de Vigilancia Sanitaria' - product registrations, 'pharmacovigilance', 'hemovigilance', 'technovigilance', and controlled substance sales via 'SNGPC'), and other health information systems. Data is downloaded from the Brazilian Ministry of Health and 'IBGE' repositories. Data is returned in tidy format following tidyverse conventions.

Authors:Sidney Bissoli [aut, cre]

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# Install 'healthbR' in R:
install.packages('healthbR', repos = c('https://sidneybissoli.r-universe.dev', 'https://cloud.r-project.org'))

Bug tracker:https://github.com/sidneybissoli/healthbr/issues

Pkgdown/docs site:https://sidneybissoli.github.io

On CRAN:

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Dependencies:bitbit64clicliprcpp11crayoncurldplyrforeigngenericsgluehmsjsonlitelifecyclemagrittrpillarpkgconfigprettyunitsprogresspurrrR6readrrlangstringistringrtibbletidyselecttzdbutf8vctrsvroomwithr

Introduction to healthbR
Overview | Getting started | VIGITEL -- Chronic disease risk factors | PNS -- National Health Survey | PNAD Continua -- Household survey supplements | POF -- Food security and nutrition | Censo -- Population denominators | SIM -- Mortality data | SINASC -- Live births | SIH -- Hospital admissions | SIA -- Outpatient procedures | SINAN -- Notifiable diseases | CNES -- Health facility registry | SI-PNI -- Vaccination data | SISAB -- Primary care coverage | ANS -- Supplementary health | ANVISA -- Medicines and pharmacovigilance | Caching | Parallel downloads | Combining modules | Additional resources

Last update: 2026-02-20
Started: 2026-01-24

Analyzing Health Data from POF with healthbR
Overview | Getting started | Check available editions | Survey information | List available registers | Explore variables | Food Security Analysis (EBIA) | Download domicilio data | EBIA classification | Create EBIA categories | Weighted estimates with survey design | EBIA by region (UF) | Food Consumption Analysis | Download food consumption data | Key variables | Average caloric intake | Health Expenses | Download expense data | Filter health expenses | Combining registers | Comparing editions | Cache management | Additional resources

Last update: 2026-02-15
Started: 2026-02-10

Chronic Disease Risk Factors from VIGITEL with healthbR
Overview | Getting started | Check available years | Survey information | Downloading data | All years at once | Specific years | Select variables | Data format | Exploring variables | Data dictionary | Search variables | Example: Smoking prevalence over time | Example: Obesity by capital city | Cache and performance | Lazy evaluation | Further reading

Last update: 2026-02-15
Started: 2026-02-15

DATASUS Modules: SIM, SINASC, SIH, SIA, SINAN, CNES, SI-PNI, and SISAB
Overview | Getting started | Common helper functions | SIM -- Mortality | Basic download | Filter by cause of death | Key variables | Example: deaths by cause chapter | SINASC -- Live births | Filter by congenital anomaly | Example: birth weight distribution | SIH -- Hospital admissions | The month parameter | Filter by diagnosis | Example: admissions by diagnosis chapter | SIA -- Outpatient production | File types | Filter by procedure and diagnosis | Key variables (PA type) | Example: production by procedure group | SINAN -- Notifiable diseases | Available diseases | Filtering by state | Example: confirmed dengue by month | CNES -- Health facility registry | Key variables (ST type) | Example: facility types in a state | SI-PNI -- Vaccination data | Key variables (DPNI) | Key variables (CPNI) | Example: doses by vaccine | Cross-module analyses | Mortality rate (SIM + Census) | Live births to deaths ratio (SINASC + SIM) | Hospital vs. outpatient care (SIH + SIA) | Cache and performance | Automatic caching | Cache management | Tips for managing downloads | Additional resources

Last update: 2026-02-15
Started: 2026-02-12

Health Data from PNAD Continua with healthbR
Overview | Getting started | Module information | Available modules and years | Downloading data | Basic download | Select variables | Multiple years | Exploring variables | Survey design | Example: Disability prevalence | Example: Housing sanitation over time | Example: Primary health care access | Cache and performance | Further reading

Last update: 2026-02-15
Started: 2026-02-15

Health Facility Registry with CNES
Overview | File types | Getting started | Check available years | Module information | Downloading data | Basic download (establishments) | Hospital beds | Health professionals | Month parameter | Selecting variables | Key variables (ST type) | Using the dictionary | Joining dictionary labels | Example: SUS-linked facilities by type | Example: hospital beds per capita | Example: tracking facility counts over time | Download tips | Smart type parsing | Cache management | Additional resources

Last update: 2026-02-15
Started: 2026-02-14

Hospital Admissions from SIH with healthbR
Overview | Getting started | Check available years | Module information | Downloading data | Basic download | Specific months | Filter by diagnosis | Select variables | Key variables | Data dictionary | Explore variables | Example: Hospital mortality by diagnosis chapter | Example: Hospitalization costs | Example: Seasonal patterns | Smart type parsing | Cache and lazy evaluation | Further reading

Last update: 2026-02-15
Started: 2026-02-15

Live Birth Data from SINASC with healthbR
Overview | Getting started | Check available years | Module information | Downloading data | Basic download | Multiple states and years | Filter by congenital anomaly | Select variables | Key variables | Data dictionary | Explore variables | Example: Low birth weight by state | Example: Cesarean rates over time | Example: Teen pregnancy | Smart type parsing | Cache and lazy evaluation | Further reading

Last update: 2026-02-15
Started: 2026-02-15

Mortality Data from SIM with healthbR
Overview | Getting started | Check available years | Module information | Downloading data | Basic download (one state, one year) | Multiple states and years | All states (default) | Filter by cause of death | Select variables | Age decoding | Key variables | Data dictionary | Explore variables | Example: Mortality by cause chapter | Example: Age-specific mortality rate | Smart type parsing | Cache and lazy evaluation | Further reading

Last update: 2026-02-15
Started: 2026-02-15

National Health Survey (PNS) with healthbR
Overview | Getting started | Check available years | Survey information | Thematic modules | Microdata access | Download microdata | Explore variables | SIDRA tabulated data | Discover available tables | Query a SIDRA table | Geographic levels | Example: Chronic disease prevalence by state | Example: Health service access from microdata | Cache and performance | Further reading

Last update: 2026-02-15
Started: 2026-02-15

Notifiable Disease Surveillance with SINAN
Overview | Getting started | Check available years | Module information | Exploring diseases | Downloading data | Basic download (dengue, single year) | Multiple years | Selecting variables | Exploring variables | Filtering by state | Key variables | Using the dictionary | Preliminary vs. final data | Example: confirmed dengue cases by month | Example: tuberculosis by sex and age group | Example: incidence rate with Census denominators | Smart type parsing | Cache management | Additional resources

Last update: 2026-02-15
Started: 2026-02-14

Outpatient Production Data from SIA with healthbR
Overview | Getting started | Check available years | Module information | File types | Downloading data | Basic download (PA type) | Specific type | Specific months | Filter by procedure | Filter by diagnosis | Select variables | Key variables (PA type) | Data dictionary | Explore variables | Example: Top procedures by volume | Example: Outpatient spending by diagnosis | Example: Chemotherapy APAC records | Smart type parsing | Cache and lazy evaluation | Further reading

Last update: 2026-02-15
Started: 2026-02-15

Primary Care Coverage with SISAB
Overview | Report types | Geographic levels | Getting started | Check available years | Module information | Basic download | APS coverage by state (default) | Full year | Other report types | Oral health coverage | Community health agents | PNS coverage | National total | By region | By state (default) | By municipality | Filtering by state and month | Exploring variables | Example: APS coverage by state | Example: coverage trends over time | Example: municipal-level analysis | Differences from other modules | Cache management | Additional resources

Last update: 2026-02-15
Started: 2026-02-14

Supplementary Health Data with ANS
Overview | Data types | Getting started | Check available years | Module information | Beneficiaries | Basic download | Multiple months and states | Selecting variables | Key variables | Consumer complaints (NIP) | Financial statements | Operator registry | Exploring variables | Example: beneficiaries by state and plan type | Example: complaints by subject and operator | Example: operator financial health | Example: combining ANS with SUS data | Parameter routing | Lazy evaluation | Cache management | Differences from DATASUS modules | Additional resources

Last update: 2026-02-15
Started: 2026-02-15

Vaccination Data with SI-PNI
Overview | Data sources comparison | Getting started | Check available years | Module information | FTP path: doses applied (DPNI) | Key variables (DPNI) | Using the dictionary | FTP path: vaccination coverage (CPNI) | Key variables (CPNI) | CSV path: individual-level microdata (2020+) | Key variables (CSV microdata) | Exploring variables | Month parameter for CSV data | Example: vaccine doses by immunobiological (FTP) | Example: coverage trends over time | Example: individual-level analysis (2020+) | Mixed year requests | Download tips | Smart type parsing | Cache management | Additional resources

Last update: 2026-02-15
Started: 2026-02-14

Health Surveillance Data with ANVISA
Overview | Data types | Snapshot types (12) | Time-series types (2) | Product registrations | Medicines | Medical devices | Food and cosmetics | Select specific variables | Pesticides | Post-market surveillance | Hemovigilance | Technovigilance | Pharmacovigilance (VigiMed) | SNGPC -- Controlled substance sales | Industrialized medicines | Multiple months | Compounded medicines | Lazy evaluation for large queries | Exploring variables | Caching | Module information

Last update: 2026-02-15
Started: 2026-02-15

Population Denominators from the Census with healthbR
Overview | Getting started | Check available years | Survey information | Population by state | Population by sex | Age pyramids | Population by race/color | Intercensitary estimates | Example: calculating a mortality rate | Exploring Census tables | Custom SIDRA queries | Historical comparisons

Last update: 2026-02-10
Started: 2026-02-10

Readme and manuals

Help Manual

Help pageTopics
Show ANS Cache Statusans_cache_status
Clear ANS Cacheans_clear_cache
Download ANS Dataans_data
ANS Module Informationans_info
Download ANS Operators Registryans_operators
List ANS Variablesans_variables
List Available ANS Yearsans_years
Show ANVISA Cache Statusanvisa_cache_status
Clear ANVISA Cacheanvisa_clear_cache
Download ANVISA Dataanvisa_data
ANVISA Module Informationanvisa_info
List ANVISA Data Typesanvisa_types
List ANVISA Variablesanvisa_variables
Get intercensitary population estimatescenso_estimativa
Census informationcenso_info
Get Census population datacenso_populacao
Get Census data from SIDRA APIcenso_sidra_data
Search Census SIDRA tablescenso_sidra_search
List Census SIDRA tablescenso_sidra_tables
List available Census yearscenso_years
Show CNES Cache Statuscnes_cache_status
Clear CNES Cachecnes_clear_cache
Download CNES Health Facility Registry Datacnes_data
CNES Data Dictionarycnes_dictionary
CNES Module Informationcnes_info
List CNES Variablescnes_variables
List Available CNES Yearscnes_years
List Available Data Sourceslist_sources
Get PNADC cache statuspnadc_cache_status
Clear PNADC cachepnadc_clear_cache
Download PNADC microdatapnadc_data
Download PNADC variable dictionarypnadc_dictionaries
PNADC survey informationpnadc_info
List available PNADC modulespnadc_modules
List PNADC variablespnadc_variables
List available years for a PNADC modulepnadc_years
Get PNS cache statuspns_cache_status
Clear PNS cachepns_clear_cache
Download PNS microdatapns_data
Download PNS variable dictionarypns_dictionary
PNS survey informationpns_info
List PNS survey modulespns_modules
Get PNS tabulated data from SIDRA APIpns_sidra_data
Search PNS SIDRA tablespns_sidra_search
List PNS SIDRA tablespns_sidra_tables
List PNS variablespns_variables
List available PNS survey yearspns_years
Get POF cache statuspof_cache_status
Clear POF cachepof_clear_cache
Download and import POF microdatapof_data
Get POF variable dictionarypof_dictionary
Get POF survey informationpof_info
List POF registerspof_registers
List POF variablespof_variables
List available POF survey yearspof_years
Show SIA Cache Statussia_cache_status
Clear SIA Cachesia_clear_cache
Download SIA Outpatient Production Microdatasia_data
SIA Data Dictionarysia_dictionary
SIA Module Informationsia_info
List SIA Variablessia_variables
List Available SIA Yearssia_years
Show SIH Cache Statussih_cache_status
Clear SIH Cachesih_clear_cache
Download SIH Hospital Admission Microdatasih_data
SIH Data Dictionarysih_dictionary
SIH Module Informationsih_info
List SIH Variablessih_variables
List Available SIH Yearssih_years
Show SIM Cache Statussim_cache_status
Clear SIM Cachesim_clear_cache
Download SIM Mortality Microdatasim_data
SIM Data Dictionarysim_dictionary
SIM Module Informationsim_info
List SIM Variablessim_variables
List Available SIM Yearssim_years
Show SINAN Cache Statussinan_cache_status
Clear SINAN Cachesinan_clear_cache
Download SINAN Notifiable Disease Microdatasinan_data
SINAN Data Dictionarysinan_dictionary
List Available SINAN Diseasessinan_diseases
SINAN Module Informationsinan_info
List SINAN Variablessinan_variables
List Available SINAN Yearssinan_years
Show SINASC Cache Statussinasc_cache_status
Clear SINASC Cachesinasc_clear_cache
Download SINASC Live Birth Microdatasinasc_data
SINASC Data Dictionarysinasc_dictionary
SINASC Module Informationsinasc_info
List SINASC Variablessinasc_variables
List Available SINASC Yearssinasc_years
Show SI-PNI Cache Statussipni_cache_status
Clear SI-PNI Cachesipni_clear_cache
Download SI-PNI Vaccination Datasipni_data
SI-PNI Data Dictionarysipni_dictionary
SI-PNI Module Informationsipni_info
List SI-PNI Variablessipni_variables
List Available SI-PNI Yearssipni_years
Show SISAB Cache Statussisab_cache_status
Clear SISAB Cachesisab_clear_cache
Download SISAB Coverage Datasisab_data
SISAB Module Informationsisab_info
List SISAB Variablessisab_variables
List Available SISAB Yearssisab_years
Get VIGITEL cache statusvigitel_cache_status
Clear VIGITEL cachevigitel_clear_cache
Download VIGITEL microdatavigitel_data
Get VIGITEL variable dictionaryvigitel_dictionary
Get VIGITEL survey informationvigitel_info
List VIGITEL variablesvigitel_variables
List available VIGITEL survey yearsvigitel_years