U.S. COVID-19 Deaths for Ages 0-18 by Demographics and Week

Provisional data on deaths involving COVID-19 in the United States, focusing on individuals aged 0-18 years. The dataset includes weekly counts broken down by sex, race or Hispanic origin group, and specific age groups. It was published by data.cdc.gov and is no longer updated as of June 28, 2023.

Use Cases

• Analyzing temporal trends in pediatric COVID-19 mortality using Start Week and End Week columns.
• Comparing COVID-19 Deaths across different demographic groups using Sex and Race or Hispanic Origin Group columns.
• Investigating age-specific mortality patterns within the 0-18 cohort using the Age group column.

Strengths

• Data is disaggregated by key demographic variables including Sex, Age group, and Race or Hispanic Origin Group.
• Provides a specific focus on the 0-18 year age range, a critical population for public health monitoring.

Limitations

• The dataset is provisional and was last updated on 2025-04-21, but data collection ceased on June 28, 2023.
• Row count and total data size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

data.cdc.gov

Freshness

Final update was June 28, 2023; last metadata refresh was 2025-04-21.

Geography

United States