Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research

• Population health science research

• Evidence-based assessment

• Comparative analysis of summary statistics

• Visual maps & charts

• Large public health data collections

• Ad-hoc data queries

CDC WONDER provides the following services:

Data Sharing in 2013:

• Over 2.7 million custom statistical reports produced

• Nearly 28 million visits to the public web site

• Online access to nearly 300 gigabytes of data

Informatics services:

• Software

• Web service API

• Web hosting

A brief history of CDC WONDER:

• CDC WONDER began on the CDC mainframe in the late 1980’s, under the guidance of Howard Ory, Andrew Friede and Jerry Sanders. The system provided menu-driven, immediate ad-hoc data analysis to CDC scientists.

• CDC WONDER/PC was issued in 1990 (official release in 1992) to EIS officers , state epidemiologists and other external partners. The system provided data analysis and communications with modem dial-up to a toll-free # or local area network connection. Secure email and bulletin boards were available, as well as surveillance data uploads. Design guidance was provided by Howard Ory, Andrew Friede and Joseph Reid.

• WONDER.CDC.GOV was launched on the web in 1995.

Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection