nhanesR

MaRDI QIDQ7372599CRANFDO

Authors David Winsemius

Last update 25 August 2026

Copyright license MIT license, File License

Software version identifier PACKAGES.rds, 0.1.5, 0.1.6

Description

Provides tools for downloading and organizing National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) public-use data files and the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Public-Use Linked Mortality Files (LMF). Supports structured local caching, codebook access, survey-aware merging, and preparation of survival analysis datasets using NHANES-National Death Index (NDI) linked mortality data (follow-up through December 31, 2019). NHANES methodology is described at <https://wwwn.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes/Default.aspx>.

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