U.S. COVID-19 Deaths by Education, Race, Sex, and Age Group

Provisional death counts in the United States, aggregated by educational attainment, race, sex, and age group. The data is sourced from data.cdc.gov and was last updated on 2025-04-21. It includes cumulative counts of deaths where COVID-19 (ICD-10 code U07.1) was an underlying or contributing cause.

Use Cases

• Analyze mortality disparities by Education Level and Race or Hispanic Origin across different Age Groups.
• Model COVID-19 Deaths as a proportion of Total Deaths by Sex and Age Group.
• Track provisional mortality trends over time using the Start Date and End Date columns.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the authoritative data.cdc.gov platform.
• Includes provisional counts for COVID-19 deaths, coded to a specific ICD-10 standard (U07.1).
• Covers multiple demographic dimensions including education, race, sex, and age.

Limitations

• Row count and total data size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

data.cdc.gov

Collection Method

Provisional death certificate data coded to ICD-10.

Freshness

Last updated 2025-04-21 16:19:28; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United States