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Collection: Medical examinations conducted for students by age group, Annual

Dataset: Medical examinations conducted for students by age group, Annual

Health

Medical examinations conducted for students by age group, Annual

HPB (Health Promotion Board)

Data from Jan 2009 to Dec 2020

Last updated 6 Jun 2024

No of students examined by Year

Data explorer

MedicalexaminationsconductedforstudentsbyagegroupAnnual.csv (48 rows, 1.7 KB)

Year Year (YYYY)	Age Group Text	No of students examined Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
2009	Primary 1 and equivalent age groups	42.1
2009	Primary 5 and equivalent age groups	44.8
2009	Other educational levels	360.1
2009	Others	1
2010	Primary 1 and equivalent age groups	39.4
2010	Primary 5 and equivalent age groups	45.2
2010	Other educational levels	350.1
2010	Others	1.2
2011	Primary 1 and equivalent age groups	39
2011	Primary 5 and equivalent age groups	48.4

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Age Group	age_group	Text	-	-
No of students examined	no_of_students_examined	Numeric	Thousands	-

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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_8f51207e4426b9e734d58a1d836f0770"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Health Promotion Board. (2016). Medical examinations conducted for students by age group, Annual (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_8f51207e4426b9e734d58a1d836f0770/view

About this dataset

Contact

feedback@data.gov.sg

Created on

30 May 2016

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

HPB (Health Promotion Board)