NIH: All of Us Research Data

          The Data Browser is an interactive tool that allows you to learn more about the data collected as part of the All of Us Research Program. It provides interactive views of aggregate-level participant data in the All of Us dataset. Below is a YouTube tutorial on the usage of the Data Browser followed by examples of aggregate-level data that public tier users have access to and step-by-step instructions on how to replicate them:

Researchers can investigate issues related to access and utilization of health care across 57 related variables in the All of Us dataset. As of February, 2025, over 305K participants have completed the corresponding All of Us survey.

Q: What can the data tell  us about the demographic composition of participants relative to concerns about being able to afford care?

The data browser provides a high level overview of this information that can help researchers investigating access to care determine of the All of Us data are appropriate to their work.

Please keep in the mind that the public data browser only provide aggregate data! Accessing detailed, individual level observations from the complete All of Us dataset requires registering with the researcher workbench.

To explore this information using the aggregate data in the public data browser:

1.  Visit the data browser at https://databrowser.researchallofus.org/
2. Scroll down to Surveys and select Health Care Access and Utilization.
3. Scroll down to 43530557: If you get sick or have an accident, how worried are you that you will be able to pay your medical bills? Are you very worried, somewhat worried, or not at all worried?
4. Click on the link to See Answers.
5. The table view provides raw counts. Click on the table icon to the right of each concept to view demographic breakdowns of each response by sex assigned at birth and age when the survey was taken.

Q: What can the data tell us about the age distribution of participants relative to how much alcohol they consume daily?

To explore this information using the aggregate data in the public data browser:

1.  Visit the data browser at https://databrowser.researchallofus.org/
2. Scroll down to Surveys and select Lifestyle.
3. Scroll down to 1586198: In your entire life, have you had at least 1 drink of any kind of alcohol, not counting small tastes or sips? (By a “drink,” we mean a can or bottle of beer, a glass of wine or a wine cooler, a shot of liquor, or a mixed drink with liquor in it.)
4. Click on the link to See Answers, a table with more answers drops down.
5. Click the arrow on the right of "Alcohol Participant: Yes", a table with more answers drops down.
6. Click the arrow on the right of "Drink Frequency Past Year: Monthly Or Less", a table with more answers drops down.
7. The table now provides raw counts. Click on the table icon to the right of each concept to view demographic breakdowns of each response by sex assigned at birth and age when the survey was taken.

Q: What can the data tell us about the age and sex distribution of participants relative to their body mass ?

To explore this information using the aggregate data in the public data browser:

1.  Visit the data browser at https://databrowser.researchallofus.org/
2. Scroll down to Measurements & Wearables and select Physical Measurements.
3. Click Weight from the menu on the left side of the screen. You are now presented with the demographic breakdown of weight distribution among the participants.

Q: What can the data tell us about the demographic composition of participants relative to concerns about being able to afford food?

To explore this information using the aggregate data in the public data browser:

1.  Visit the data browser at https://databrowser.researchallofus.org/
2. Scroll down to Surveys and select Social Determinants of Health Survey.
3. Scroll down to 40192517: Within the past 12 months, we worried whether our food would run out before we got money to buy more.
4. Click on the link to See Answers.
5. The table view provides raw counts. Click on the table icon to the right of each concept to view demographic breakdowns of each response by sex assigned at birth and age when the survey was taken.

Q: What can the data tell us about the composition of participants relative to which Covid-19 vaccination they took for their first dose?

To explore this information using the aggregate data in the public data browser:

1.  Visit the data browser at https://databrowser.researchallofus.org/
2. Scroll down to Surveys and select Minute Survey On Covid 19 Vaccines Survey.
3. Scroll down to 905045: Did you receive the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccination?
4. Click on the link to See Answers.
5. From the table, clink on the arrow to the right of the option "Yes".
6. You are presented with 905052. Which vaccine did you receive for your first dose of the COVID-19 vaccination? Below it, you have the breakdown of participants who took different Covid-19 vaccines for their first dose.