U.S. COVID-19 Deaths with Contributing Health Conditions by State and Age, 2020-2023

Provisional data from 2020-2023 on deaths involving COVID-19, listing health conditions and contributing causes mentioned on death certificates. The dataset is aggregated by age group, state, and month, with final data for 2020-2021 and provisional data for 2022-2023. It originates from the CDC's National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) and was last updated on data.cdc.gov in April 2025.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal trends in COVID-19 mortality by comparing COVID-19 Deaths across different Months and Years.
• Investigate the prevalence of specific comorbidities like Diabetes or Heart Failure by joining on Condition Group and Age Group.
• Compare provisional versus final death counts by filtering on Year and referencing the Flag column for data quality notes.
• Map geographic disparities in mortality by aggregating COVID-19 Deaths by State and Age Group.

Strengths

• Includes detailed cause-of-death data with specific Condition and ICD10_codes for comorbidity analysis.
• Provides a multi-year time series from 2020 to 2023, allowing for longitudinal study.
• Offers granular breakdowns by State, Age Group, and Month for multi-dimensional analysis.

Limitations

• Data for 2022 and 2023 are provisional and subject to revision.
• The total number of rows is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

data.cdc.gov / National Vital Statistics System (NVSS)

Collection Method

Aggregated from death certificates mentioning COVID-19.

Time Range

2020-2023

Freshness

Last updated 2025-04-21 16:20:38; freshness should be verified as the dataset is no longer updated after September 2023.

Geography

United States, including states and Puerto Rico.