Provisional U.S. COVID-19 Death Counts by Week and State

Provisional Death Counts for Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) from data.cdc.gov is a dataset that is no longer updated. It includes weekly counts of deaths from all causes, COVID-19, pneumonia, and influenza at the state level. The dataset was last updated on 2025-04-21 16:20:57.

Use Cases

• Analyze excess mortality by comparing Deaths from All Causes to Percent of Expected Deaths for a given State and week.
• Track co-morbidity trends by examining the relationship between All COVID-19 Deaths (U07.1) and Deaths with Pneumonia and COVID-19.
• Model the seasonal impact of influenza using the All Influenza Deaths (J09-J11) column across different States and time periods.
• Compare cause-specific mortality rates, such as Pneumonia, Influenza, and COVID-19 Deaths, across different demographic Groups.

Strengths

• Includes multiple cause-of-death indicators (COVID-19, pneumonia, influenza, all-cause) for detailed analysis.
• Provides temporal granularity with Start week and End week columns for time-series modeling.
• Offers geographic granularity with a State column for regional comparisons.

Limitations

• The dataset is explicitly marked as no longer updated, directing users to newer sources for recent data.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

data.cdc.gov

Freshness

Last updated 2025-04-21 16:20:57; freshness should be verified as the dataset is deprecated.

Geography

United States, including states and Puerto Rico as indicated by platform tags.