This dataset describes drug poisoning deaths at the U.S. and state level by selected demographic characteristics, and includes age-adjusted death rates for drug poisoning. Deaths are classified using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD–10). Drug-poisoning deaths are defined as having ICD–10 underlying cause-of-death codes X40–X44 (unintentional), X60–X64 (suicide), X85 (homicide), or Y10–Y14 (undetermined intent). Estimates are based on the National Vital Statistics System multiple cause-of-death mortality files (1). Age-adjusted death rates (deaths per 100,000 U.S. standard population for 2000) are calculated using the direct method. Populations used for computing death rates for 2011–2016 are postcensal estimates based on the 2010 U.S. census. Rates for census years are based on populations enumerated in the corresponding censuses. Rates for noncensus years before 2010 are revised using updated intercensal population estimates and may differ from rates previously published. Death rates for some states and years may be low due to a high number of unresolved pending cases or misclassification of ICD–10 codes for unintentional poisoning as R99, “Other ill-defined and unspecified causes of mortality” (2). For example, this issue is known to affect New Jersey in 2009 and West Virginia in 2005 and 2009 but also may affect other years and other states. Drug poisoning death rates may be underestimated in those instances. REFERENCES 1. National Center for Health Statistics. National Vital Statistics System: Mortality data. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/deaths.htm. 2. CDC. CDC Wonder: Underlying cause of death 1999–2016. Available from: http://wonder.cdc.gov/wonder/help/ucd.html.
This dataset has the following 19 columns:
Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Sample Values |
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State | state | text | United States Texas Oregon Idaho Alaska view top 100 |
Year | year | number | 2000 2012 2011 2016 2003 view top 100 |
Sex | sex | text | Both Sexes Male Female view top 100 |
Age Group | age_group | text | All Ages 15–24 25–34 35–44 0–14 view top 100 |
Race and Hispanic Origin | race_and_hispanic_origin | text | All Races-All Origins Non-Hispanic Black Non-Hispanic White Hispanic view top 100 |
Deaths | deaths | number | 17 15 14 24 11 view top 100 |
Population | population | number | 39891724 40207473 6424806 2099359 931372 view top 100 |
Crude Death Rate | crude_death_rate | number | 12.6866 0.1678 6.9955 0.2012 3.9755 view top 100 |
Standard Error for Crude Rate | standard_error_for_crude_rate | number | 0.24408 0.03218 0.14769 0.02648 0.13698 view top 100 |
Lower Confidence Limit for Crude Rate | lower_confidence_limit_for_crude_rate | number | 3.5647 1.1786 1.5359 12.1384 2.5258 view top 100 |
Upper Confidence Limit for Crude Rate | upper_confidence_limit_for_crude_rate | number | 13.3790 3.0911 7.8673 0.2502 0.2207 view top 100 |
Age-adjusted Rate | age_adjusted_rate | number | 1.8205 1.8266 1.8774 1.9730 2.0354 view top 100 |
Standard Error for Age-adjusted Rate | standard_error_for_age_adjusted_rate | number | 0.57484 0.58859 0.85054 0.05255 0.05336 view top 100 |
Lower Confidence Limit for Age-adjusted Rate | lower_confidence_limit_for_age_adjusted_rate | number | 8.1657 17.7399 8.7679 6.4074 13.8507 view top 100 |
Upper Confidence Limit for Age-adjusted Rate | upper_confidence_limit_for_age_adjusted_rate | number | 8.1031 13.0844 2.4204 2.4557 2.9420 view top 100 |
State Crude Rate in Range | state_crude_rate_in_range | text | 10.3–12.6 1.8–7.1 16–52 12.6–16 7.1–10.2 view top 100 |
US Crude Rate | us_crude_rate | number | 14.7574 10.0884 6.0382 19.6925 12.0624 view top 100 |
US Age-adjusted Rate | us_age_adjusted_rate | number | 6.0570 6.1749 6.7922 8.1957 8.8765 view top 100 |
Unit | unit | text | per 100,000 population view top 100 |