{
  "name": "health-surveys-mcp",
  "title": "HealthMesh · Health Surveys (BRFSS, NHIS) MCP",
  "version": "0.1.1",
  "description": "CDC population health surveys: BRFSS state-level prevalence estimates with 95% CIs (published by CDC for 2011-2025, ~170 indicators: smoking, obesity, diabetes, depression, insurance, checkups, vaccination and more; by age, sex, race/ethnicity, income and education), and NCHS National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) national summary health statistics for adults and children (2019-2025, ~74 topics, by demographic, socioeconomic and geographic subgroups).",
  "healthmesh_domain": "Public Health & SDOH",
  "datasets": [
    "PH-04",
    "PH-06"
  ],
  "mcp_endpoint": "https://health-surveys.healthmesh.ai/mcp",
  "transport": "Streamable HTTP (stateless, JSON responses)",
  "authorization": "none",
  "auth_mode": "off",
  "docs": "https://github.com/HendrikK/healthmesh/tree/main/servers/health-surveys-mcp#readme",
  "contact": "hendrik.kleine@gmail.com",
  "data_source": {
    "name": "CDC BRFSS Prevalence Data 2011+ (data.cdc.gov dttw-5yxu, live) and NCHS NHIS Adult/Child Summary Health Statistics 2019-2025 (data.cdc.gov gj3i-hsbz / 7ctq-myvs, bundled)",
    "url": "https://data.cdc.gov",
    "license": "U.S. Government work, public domain",
    "refresh": "BRFSS live (6 h edge cache); NHIS bundled, weekly change check"
  },
  "tools": [
    {
      "name": "brfss_search_variables",
      "title": "Search BRFSS indicators",
      "description": "Searches the BRFSS indicators that CDC publishes as state-level prevalence estimates (data.cdc.gov dttw-5yxu, 2011-2025, ~170 question ids incl. calculated variables such as _RFSMOK3, _BMI5CAT, _RFHLTH) by keyword and year. Returns the question id to pass as `variable` to brfss_get_weighted_prevalence, the question text, class/topic, years published and response categories. Raw codebook-only variables without published prevalence are not covered."
    },
    {
      "name": "brfss_get_weighted_prevalence",
      "title": "BRFSS weighted prevalence by state",
      "description": "Returns CDC's published BRFSS weighted (crude) prevalence with 95% confidence intervals and unweighted sample size for one indicator and year, by state (plus the all-states medians US/UW) and optional subgroup: age group, sex, race/ethnicity, household income, education. Estimates are computed by CDC from the LLCP microdata with _LLCPWT and design variables; this tool does not recompute arbitrary variables or custom subgroups."
    },
    {
      "name": "nhis_search_variables",
      "title": "Search NHIS summary health topics",
      "description": "Searches the NCHS National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) summary health statistics topics (2019-2025; 54 adult and 20 child topics: chronic conditions, insurance coverage, access to care, cost barriers, mental health, chronic pain, smoking/vaping, vaccination, disability, health care use) by keyword, file and year. Returns the topic id to pass as `variable` to nhis_get_estimate, years, available subgroups and the NCHS definition."
    },
    {
      "name": "nhis_get_estimate",
      "title": "NHIS national estimate by subgroup",
      "description": "Returns NCHS's published national NHIS percentage estimates with 95% confidence intervals for one topic and year (or a year range), overall or by subgroup (age, sex, race and Hispanic origin, poverty level, region, urbanicity, insurance, education, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, social vulnerability and more), with NCHS reliability flags and definitions."
    },
    {
      "name": "health_surveys_describe_dataset",
      "title": "Describe the BRFSS and NHIS sources",
      "description": "Explains this server's sources (CDC BRFSS Prevalence Data, NCHS NHIS Summary Health Statistics), years, subgroups, how estimates were produced, data build date, and what is not covered (raw microdata, custom weighting, CDC WONDER)."
    }
  ]
}