AH Quarterly Excess Deaths by State, Sex, Age, and Race

data.cdc.gov | Last Updated 8 Sep 2023

Quarterly data on the number of deaths from all causes by state (of occurrence), sex, age group, and race/Hispanic origin group for the United States. Counts of deaths in more recent time periods can be compared with counts from earlier years (2015-2019) to determine if the number is higher than expected. Annual and cumulative counts (from Quarter 2, 2020 through the most recent quarter) are also shown.

Tags: excess deaths, covid-19, nchs, nvss, provisional, mortality, deaths, united states, weekly, age, age group, race, hispanic origin, sex, all causes, coronavirus, state

This dataset has the following 25 columns:

Column NameAPI Column NameData TypeDescriptionSample Values
StatestatetextJurisdiction of Occurrence Abbreviation
StateNamestatenametextJurisdiction of Occurrence Name
RaceEthnicityraceethnicitytextRace or Hispanic Origin group
SexsextextSex
AgeGroupagegrouptextAge Group
YearyearnumberYear
QuarterquartertextQuarter
YearQuarteryearquartertextYear and Quarter
Start Datestart_datecalendar_dateStart Date
End Dateend_datecalendar_dateEnd Date
Deaths (weighted)deaths_weightednumberDeaths (weighted)
COVID19 (weighted)covid19_weightednumberCOVID19 (weighted)
Deaths (unweighted)deaths_unweightednumberDeaths (unweighted)
COVID19 (unweighted)covid19_unweightednumberCOVID19 (unweighted)
Time Periodtime_periodtextTime Period
Average number of deaths (weighted)average_number_of_deathsnumberAverage number of deaths (weighted)
Average number of deaths (unweighted)average_number_of_deaths_1numberAverage number of deaths (unweighted)
Number above average (weighted)number_above_average_weightednumberNumber above average (weighted)
Percent above average (weighted)percent_above_average_weightednumberPercent above average (weighted)
Number above average (unweighted)number_above_averagenumberNumber above average (unweighted)
Percent above average (unweighted)percent_above_averagenumberPercent above average (unweighted)
AnalysisDateanalysisdatecalendar_dateDate of analysis
SuppressionsuppressiontextData suppression flag
FootnotefootnotetextFootnote
TypetypetextType of estimate - quarterly, annual, or cumulative