| language: | |
| - en | |
| pretty_name: Provisional COVID-19 Deaths by Week, Sex, and Age | |
| tags: | |
| - hhs | |
| - cdc | |
| - age | |
| - coronavirus | |
| - covid-19 | |
| - deaths | |
| - mortality | |
| - nchs | |
| - nvss | |
| - provisional | |
| - sex | |
| - weekly | |
| # Provisional COVID-19 Deaths by Week, Sex, and Age | |
| ## Description | |
| Effective June 28, 2023, this dataset will no longer be updated. Similar data are accessible from CDC WONDER (https://wonder.cdc.gov/mcd-icd10-provisional.html). | |
| Deaths involving COVID-19 reported to NCHS by sex and age group and week ending date. | |
| ## Dataset Details | |
| - **Publisher**: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | |
| - **Geographic Coverage**: United States | |
| - **Last Modified**: 2025-04-21 | |
| - **Contact**: National Center for Health Statistics (cdcinfo@cdc.gov) | |
| ## Source | |
| Original data can be found at: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/covid19/covid-19-mortality-data-files.htm | |
| ## Usage | |
| You can load this dataset using: | |
| ```python | |
| from datasets import load_dataset | |
| dataset = load_dataset('HHS-Official/provisional-covid-19-deaths-by-week-sex-and-age') | |
| ``` | |
| ## License | |
| This dataset is licensed under https://www.usa.gov/government-works | |