---
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 (cdcinfo@cdc.gov)

## 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