Connecticut COVID-19 Deaths by Date of Death Archive

State of Connecticut data archives COVID-19-associated deaths by date of death, compiled from the state's Deaths Registry and Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The dataset includes deaths from the beginning of the pandemic, with daily updates and a detailed review process for cause-of-death ascertainment.

Use Cases

• Analyze daily COVID-19 death trends by date of death to model pandemic waves.
• Investigate the impact of cause-of-death certification guidelines on reported COVID-19 mortality.
• Study the correlation between reported deaths and public health interventions over the pandemic timeline.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative Connecticut Deaths Registry and Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
• Includes deaths from the beginning of the pandemic, providing a complete historical timeline.
• Cause of death was reviewed for about one-third of reported cases to improve accuracy.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column names, and data size are not provided in the input.
• Town-level data for areas with fewer than 5 recent cases is suppressed, limiting granular analysis.
• The dataset is labeled as an archive, which may indicate it is no longer actively updated with new deaths.

Provenance

Source

State of Connecticut Department of Public Health.

Collection Method

Deaths reported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) or Department of Public Health (DPH), with data obtained from the Connecticut Deaths Registry.

Time Range

From the beginning of the pandemic.

Freshness

Updated daily (as per the source description), with a last platform update recorded on 2023-08-12.

Geography

State of Connecticut, USA.