Provisional COVID-19 Deaths by Age Group and Week, United States

From MMWR Week 40 of 2020 through Week 39 of 2021, this dataset contains provisional counts of deaths involving COVID-19 among U.S. residents, broken down by age group and jurisdiction. The columns suggest it includes both total deaths and COVID-19-specific deaths for each weekly period. Data was reported to the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and is structured for temporal and demographic analysis.

Use Cases

• Tracking weekly mortality trends by age using the Start Week, End Week, and Age Group columns.
• Comparing COVID-19 death counts to all-cause mortality within jurisdictions using the COVID-19 Deaths, Total Deaths, and Jurisdiction of Residence columns.
• Analyzing provisional data timeliness and reporting lags using the Data As Of and Year columns.

Strengths

• Provides specific age group breakdowns, including 0-4, 5-11, 12-15, 16 17, 18-24, 25-39, 40-49, 50-64, 65-74, and 75+ years.
• Covers a defined and critical period of the pandemic from Week 40 2020 to Week 39 2021.
• Cross-platform presence on Socrata and Data.gov signals importance and official provenance from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.

Limitations

• Key metadata like row count and file size is missing or conflicting across sources (listed as 'unknown', 'None', or absent).
• The dataset's temporal coverage ends in 2021, limiting analysis of later pandemic phases.
• The license is ambiguously listed as 'other-license-specified' on some platforms and 'None' on others.

Provenance

Source

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)

Collection Method

Provisional deaths reported to NCHS via the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS).

Time Range

MMWR Week 40 2020 through MMWR Week 39 2021

Freshness

2025-04-23 02:39:10.432029

Geography

United States, by Jurisdiction of Residence