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Age-Adjusted US Mortality Rates
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Presents age-adjusted death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in the United States, spanning the period from 1999 through 2017. The data is fundamental for public health analysis, enabling users to track mortality trends over time, evaluate health outcomes, and understand the burden of specific diseases and external factors across different regions of the country. Statistics are based on information collected from resident death certificates filed across all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Columns
- Year: Represents the calendar year in which the mortality data was recorded, providing essential temporal context for analysing trends.
- 113 Cause Name: Contains the detailed description of the underlying cause of death for individuals, classified using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD–10). This allows analysts to investigate mortality patterns associated with various conditions.
- Cause Name: Provides a representation of the cause of death, typically using a more aggregated or standardised list compared to the 113 Cause Name field.
- State: Records the geographical location where the mortality data was collected, representing the individual states or territories of the US. This is vital for studying regional variations.
- Deaths: Provides the total raw count of recorded deaths for each combination of year, cause, and state. This reflects the absolute mortality burden without demographic adjustment.
- Age-adjusted Death Rate: Represents the mortality rate adjusted for age composition within the population (per 100,000 population). These rates are adjusted using the 2000 U.S. standard population, enabling fair comparisons of mortality risks between different populations or time periods.
Distribution
The information is available in a structured data format, typically CSV, and contains approximately 10.9 thousand valid records. The data focuses on ranking causes of death based on the underlying cause. The expected update frequency for this type of mortality data is annual.
Usage
This data is highly valuable for epidemiological research, allowing users to investigate regional variations in health outcomes and mortality rates among states. It is ideally used for assessing the absolute mortality burden associated with specific causes, tracking changes in leading causes of death over time, and supporting evidence-based public safety and health policy development.
Coverage
- Geographic: Covers the United States, including all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
- Time Range: 1999 to 2017.
- Demographic Notes: The provided death rates are age-adjusted based on the 2000 U.S. standard population. Population estimates used for calculating rates after 2010 are postcensal estimates based on the 2010 census.
License
CC0: Public Domain
Who Can Use It
Public health researchers seeking to model disease burden, government agencies and policymakers tasked with monitoring national health indicators, epidemiologists analysing mortality trends, and academic researchers studying demography and population health.
Dataset Name Suggestions
US Leading Causes of Death 1999-2017; Age-Adjusted US Mortality Rates; Leading US Mortality Statistics; NCHS Death Cause Data.
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Original Data Source: Age-Adjusted US Mortality Rates
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