Global Non-Disease Causes of Death by Country, 1980-2017
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Description
36,000 rows of data from the Global Disease Burden 2017 project detail deaths from causes like conflict, terrorism, famine, and natural disasters. The dataset includes 10 columns covering country, year, death counts, population by sex, and economic indicators like GDP per capita. A linked Tableau visualization suggests the data spans from 1980 to 2017.
Use Cases
Analyzing trends in conflict and terrorism-related mortality based on the 'Cause' and 'Year' columns.
Investigating correlations between economic indicators like 'GDP per capita' and death rates from specific causes.
Modeling the demographic impact of disasters by comparing 'Deaths' with 'Male POP' and 'Female POP' figures.
Tracking the rate of change for specific causes of death over time within and between countries.
Strengths
Contains 36,000 rows of global mortality data.
Includes 10 distinct features such as cause of death, population by sex, and economic metrics.
Data is associated with the established Global Disease Burden 2017 project.
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
The description does not specify the exact temporal range, which must be inferred from the visualization link.
Provenance
Source
Global Disease Burden 2017 project.
Time Range
Likely 1980-2017 (inferred from visualization link).