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+language:
+- en
+pretty_name: AH Monthly Provisional Counts of Deaths for Select Causes of Death by
+  Age, and Race and Hispanic Origin
+tags:
+- hhs
+- cdc
+- age
+- cancer
+- coronavirus
+- covid-19
+- deaths
+- diabetes
+- influenza
+- monthly
+- mortality
+- nchs
+- nvss
+- pneumonia
+- provisional
+- race
+- septicemia
+---
+
+# AH Monthly Provisional Counts of Deaths for Select Causes of Death by Age, and Race and Hispanic Origin
+
+## Description
+
+Provisional counts of deaths by the month the deaths occurred, by age group and race/ethnicity, for select underlying causes of death for 2020-2021. Final data is provided for 2019. The dataset also includes monthly provisional counts of death for COVID-19, coded to ICD-10 code U07.1 as an underlying or multiple cause of death.
+
+## Dataset Details
+
+- **Publisher**: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
+- **Geographic Coverage**: United States
+- **Last Modified**: 2025-04-21
+- **Contact**: National Center for Health Statistics ([email protected])
+
+## Source
+
+Original data can be found at: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/index.htm
+
+## Usage
+
+You can load this dataset using:
+
+```python
+from datasets import load_dataset
+ dataset = load_dataset('HHS-Official/ah-monthly-provisional-counts-of-deaths-for-select')
+```
+## License
+
+This dataset is licensed under https://www.usa.gov/government-works