Monthly Death Counts by Age Group and HHS Region for Select Causes 2019-2021

United States provisional mortality data contains monthly death counts by age group and HHS region for specific causes from 2019 to 2021. The dataset includes counts for causes like diseases of heart, malignant neoplasms, and COVID-19, sourced from the National Center for Health Statistics. It was last updated in April 2025.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal trends in AllCause and NaturalCause mortality by Date Of Death Month and Year across HHSRegion.
• Compare COVID-19 (U071, Underlying Cause of Death) mortality rates against other causes like Influenza and pneumonia (J09-J18) by AgeGroup.
• Investigate co-morbidity patterns using flag columns (e.g., flag_cov19mcod, flag_stroke) alongside specific cause-of-death columns.
• Model geographic disparities in Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) or Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) mortality using HHSRegion.
• Assess monthly provisional counts for Alzheimer disease (G30) and Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) to monitor non-COVID-19 mortality during the pandemic period.

Strengths

• Includes data for over 20 specific causes of death, such as Septicemia (A40-A41) and Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07,N17-N19,N25-N27).
• Provides temporal coverage for three years (2019-2021) with monthly granularity via Date Of Death Month and Year.
• Stratifies counts by 10 HHS regions and multiple AgeGroup categories for demographic analysis.

Limitations

• Row count and overall dataset size are unknown, limiting assessment of statistical power.
• Data is provisional and subject to revision, which may affect accuracy for recent months.
• Limited to select causes of death; comprehensive cause-of-death analysis requires joining with other datasets.

Provenance

Source

data.cdc.gov, likely the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) National Vital Statistics System (NVSS).

Collection Method

Provisional counts compiled from death certificates.

Time Range

2019 through 2021.

Freshness

Updated as of 2025-04-21, indicating recent maintenance.

Geography

United States, aggregated by the 10 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regions.