Provisional U.S. Death Counts for Diabetes and Comorbidities

Provisional 2020 death counts in the United States track diabetes, COVID-19, and other select causes, broken down by month, sex, and age group. The data is compiled by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) via the data.cdc.gov portal and was last updated in April 2025.

Use Cases

• Analyze monthly trends in Diabetes.mc and Diabetes.uc death counts to identify seasonal mortality patterns.
• Compare COVID19 death counts across different AgeGroup and Sex categories to assess demographic disparities.
• Investigate co-mortality by studying columns like C19PlusDiabetes and C19PlusObesity to understand contributing factors.
• Model the relationship between hypertensive diseases (C19PlusHypertensiveDiseases) and major cardiovascular diseases (C19PlusMajorCardiovascularDiseases) using monthly death data.

Strengths

• Data includes 15 distinct columns for cross-sectional analysis of death causes.
• Provides monthly granularity (Date_Of_Death_Month) for temporal trend analysis.
• Covers multiple demographic dimensions including Sex and AgeGroup.

Limitations

• Dataset is provisional and subject to revision, which may affect accuracy.
• Limited to a single year (2020) of data, restricting longitudinal studies.
• Specific row counts and sample sizes are not provided, limiting statistical power assessment.

Provenance

Source

data.cdc.gov, which aggregates data from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS).

Collection Method

Provisional death counts compiled from death certificates submitted to the NVSS.

Time Range

2020.

Freshness

Last updated on 2025-04-21, indicating ongoing maintenance.

Geography

United States.