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United States deaths, population estimates, and crude mortality rates for ages 25+ from the CDC Multiple Causes of Death Files.

Usage

us_deaths

Format

A data frame with 140 rows and 6 columns.

gender

Gender

age_group

Attained age groups

year

Calendar year

deaths

Number of deaths

population

Population estimate

qx

Crude mortality rate equal to deaths / population

Source

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. National Vital Statistics System, Mortality 1999-2020 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released in 2021. Data are from the Multiple Cause of Death Files, 1999-2020, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program. Accessed at http://wonder.cdc.gov/mcd-icd10.html on Jan 15, 2024."