U.S. preliminary data for 2010 on deaths, death rates, life expectancy, leading causes of death, and infant mortality, broken down by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin. The report is based on death records comprising more than 98 percent of the demographic and medical files for all U.S. deaths in 2010, weighted to independent control counts. It was authored by Elizabeth Arias of Vital Research and compares results with 2009 final data.
Use Cases
- Analyze changes in age-adjusted death rates based on the reported rates per 100,000 population.
- Study shifts in leading causes of death based on the reported ranking changes between 2009 and 2010.
- Model life expectancy trends based on the reported increase from 78.6 to 78.7 years.
- Investigate demographic disparities in mortality based on the selected characteristics mentioned in the description.
Strengths
- Data coverage is high, based on death records comprising more than 98 percent of U.S. demographic and medical files for 2010.
- Provides specific, comparable metrics such as an age-adjusted death rate decrease from 749.6 to 746.2 deaths per 100,000 population.
- Includes detailed breakdowns by selected demographic characteristics like age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
- Source
- Vital Research, authored by Elizabeth Arias.
- Collection Method
- Based on death records weighted to independent control counts for 2010.
- Time Range
- 2010, with comparisons to 2009.
- Geography
- United States