CDC Site description: This file contains the complete set of data reported to 122 Cities Mortality Reposting System. The system was retired as of 10/6/2016. While the system was running each week, the vital statistics offices of 122 cities across the United States reported the total number of death certificates processed and the number of those for which pneumonia or influenza was listed as the underlying or contributing cause of death by age group (Under 28 days, 28 days - 1 year, 1-14 years, 15-24 years, 25-44 years, 45-64 years, 65-74 years, 75-84 years, and - 85 years). U:Unavailable. - : No reported cases.

  • Mortality data in this table were voluntarily reported from 122 cities in the United States, most of which have populations of >100,000. A death is reported by the place of its occurrence and by the week that the death certificate was filed. Fetal deaths are not included. Total includes unknown ages. Date last obtained: 10/27/2017

cdc122city

Format

A data frame with 346342 rows and 8 variables:

region

Referral region

state

Postal code for U.S. State, character string

city

Proper name of U.S. city, character string

year

observation year, integer

week

observation week, integer

deaths_pnaflu

No. of deaths attributed to Pneumonia / Influenza

deaths_allcause

No. of deaths due to any cause

deaths_65older

No. of deaths due to any cause in those 65 years or older

Source

https://data.cdc.gov/dataset/Deaths-in-122-U-S-cities-1962-2016-122-Cities-Mort/mr8w-325u

Details

The dataset is in a "panel" format, city by year-week.

Some variables renamed from original file for parsimony.