NCHS - Leading Causes of Death: United States

Source

data.cdc.gov

Quality score: 100/100.

Initial recorded revision.

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Current Source Files

• NCHS_-_Leading_Causes_of_Death__United_States.csv 20260926191817-1c2a55e4e5af Provider source

Contract Versions

• 20260926191817-1c2a55e4e5af Copy YAML link

Current Open Data Contract YAML

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    113 Cause Name: Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59,Y85-Y86)
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    State: United States
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  - Year: '2017'
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    Cause Name: Unintentional injuries
    State: Arizona
    Deaths: '4184'
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  - Year: '2017'
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    Cause Name: Unintentional injuries
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Current dbt Source YAML

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NCHS_-_Leading_Causes_of_Death__United_States.csv

10868 parsed rows. 20260926191817-1c2a55e4e5af