Mexico Mortality Records With ICD-10 Causes 1998-2024

Over 17 million recorded deaths from Mexico spanning 1998 to 2024, aggregated by shared characteristics. The dataset includes variables for REGISTRATION_YEAR, DEATH_YEAR, geographic states, SEX, AGE, and ICD-10 cause of death codes. It was created by Montserrat Mora to enable analysis of mortality patterns.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal mortality trends by comparing REGISTRATION_YEAR and DEATH_YEAR for specific ICD-10 codes.
• Compare cause-specific mortality across geographic regions using REGISTRATION_STATE and RESIDENCE_STATE with ICD-10 codes.
• Build demographic mortality profiles by AGE and SEX cohorts for the top causes listed in the ICD-10 Mortality Tabulation LIST1.
• Generate population pyramid visualizations of the top 25 causes of death for a specified state, year, and age group using the provided Python script.

Strengths

• Covers over 17 million death records, providing substantial statistical power for analysis.
• Includes 27 years of continuous data from 1998 to 2024 for longitudinal trend studies.
• Contains key analytical variables like ICD-10 cause codes, age, sex, and state-level geography.

Limitations

• Data is aggregated by shared attributes (COUNT), limiting individual-level record analysis.
• Age and sex codes use non-standard values (e.g., 998 for unknown age, 9 for unknown sex) requiring preprocessing.
• Potential for reporting lag or inconsistencies between DEATH_YEAR and REGISTRATION_YEAR.

Provenance

Source

https://www.inegi.org.mx/programas/edr/#microdatos

Collection Method

Structured aggregation of official mortality records.

Time Range

1998–2024

Freshness

Data covers up to 2024, with the dataset last updated in March 2026.

Geography

Mexico, with state-level granularity (REGISTRATION_STATE, RESIDENCE_STATE).