Background The analysis of large-scale public health data is crucial for evidence-based policymaking, but conventional workflows involving manual data handling and static reporting are inefficient and lack reproducibility. There is a need for automated tools that bridge the gap from live data sources to sophisticated, dynamically generated insights. Objective To design, implement, and validate a fully automated Python (Python Software Foundation, Wilmington, DE, USA) pipeline for real-time application programming interface (API)-based ingestion of existing datasets, analysis, and dynamic report generation in public health informatics. Methods We developed a lightweight, Python-only, Word-report-oriented pipeline using packages including Pandas, scikit-learn, statsmodels, and python-docx. The pipeline ingests data from public APIs with automated retries, performs preprocessing, calculates composite health scores, applies K-means clustering (k = 3) for state stratification, and performs correlation analysis. A custom rule-based engine generates dynamic textual interpretations based on statistical results. The final output is a programmatically constructed Microsoft Word (Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA, USA) document containing narrative, tables, and embedded figures. The pipeline was tested using India's Health and Family Welfare Statistics 2015 dataset via the data.gov.in API. Results The pipeline executed successfully in approximately 95 seconds, ingesting 37 records. It generated a composite health score, identifying Meghalaya as the top performer (score: 100.0). K-means clustering stratified states into three distinct performance tiers. Correlation analysis revealed a significant negative association between sub-health centre (SHC) infrastructure and specialist availability (r = -0.446, p = 0.01), as well as between 24×7 service availability and auxiliary nurse midwife (ANM) staffing (r = -0.358, p = 0.05), highlighting a systemic disconnect between capital investment in facilities and human resource allocation. A complete Word report including these findings, figures, and tables was automatically generated. Conclusion This automated framework provides a robust, efficient, and reproducible solution for transforming raw public health data into actionable insights and can significantly accelerate data-driven discovery and reporting in public health and bioinformatics. This study validates a computational framework for automated public health data analysis and reporting.
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