This dataset presents the age-adjusted death rates for the 10 leading causes of death in the United States beginning in 1999. Data are based on information from all resident death certificates filed in the 50 states and the District of Columbia using demographic and medical characteristics. Age-adjusted death rates (per 100,000 population) are based on the 2000 U.S. standard population. Populations used for computing death rates after 2010 are postcensal estimates based on the 2010 census, estimated as of July 1, 2010. Rates for census years are based on populations enumerated in the corresponding censuses. Rates for non-census years before 2010 are revised using updated intercensal population estimates and may differ from rates previously published. Causes of death classified by the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD–10) are ranked according to the number of deaths assigned to rankable causes. Cause of death statistics are based on the underlying cause of death. SOURCES CDC/NCHS, National Vital Statistics System, mortality data (see http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/deaths.htm); and CDC WONDER (see http://wonder.cdc.gov). REFERENCES 1. National Center for Health Statistics. Vital statistics data available. Mortality multiple cause files. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. Available from: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data_access/vitalstatsonline.htm. 2. Murphy SL, Xu JQ, Kochanek KD, Curtin SC, and Arias E. Deaths: Final data for 2015. National vital statistics reports; vol 66. no. 6. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2017. Available from: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr66/nvsr66_06.pdf.
This dataset has the following 6 columns:
Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Sample Values |
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Year | year | number | 2000 2011 2012 2003 2016 view top 100 |
113 Cause Name | _113_cause_name | text | Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07,N17-N19,N25-N27) Intentional self-harm (suicide) (*U03,X60-X84,Y87.0) Alzheimer's disease (G30) Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59,Y85-Y86) Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) view top 100 |
Cause Name | cause_name | text | Alzheimer's disease Cancer Influenza and pneumonia Heart disease Diabetes view top 100 |
State | state | text | Kansas Texas Oregon Idaho Alaska view top 100 |
Deaths | deaths | number | 343 265 189 393 308 view top 100 |
Age-adjusted Death Rate | aadr | number | 19.2 19.8 14.5 11.2 18.7 view top 100 |