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U.S. Data Files - Death Data

No geographic identifiers are included in the files for 2005-on due to a restriction imposed by the States. Information on applying for state- and county-identified data from NCHS is available.
YearASCII (.zip)SASStata (.dta)CSVDocumentation
1959m1959m1959m1959m1959main, geo1, geo2
1960m1960m1960m1960m1960main, geo1, geo2
1961m1961m1961m1961m1961main, geo1, geo2
1962m1962m1962m1962m1962main, geo1, geo2
1963m1963m1963m1963m1963main, geo1, geo2
1964m1964m1964m1964m1964main, geo1, geo2
1965m1965m1965m1965m1965main, geo1, geo2
1966m1966m1966m1966m1966main, geo1, geo2
1967m1967m1967m1967m1967main, geo1, geo2
1968m1968m1968m1968m196868-7870geodat
1969m1969m1969m1969m196968-7870geodat
1970m1970m1970m1970m197068-7870geodat
1971m1971m1971m1971m197168-7870geodat
1972m1972m1972m1972m197268-7870geodat
1973m1973m1973m1973m197368-7870geodat
1974m1974m1974m1974m197468-7870geodat
1975m1975m1975m1975m197568-7870geodat
1976m1976m1976m1976m197668-7870geodat
1977m1977m1977m1977m197768-7870geodat
1978m1978m1978m1978m197868-7870geodat
1979m1979m1979m1979m1979m1979
1980m1980m1980m1980m1980m1980
1981m1981m1981m1981m1981m1981
1982m1982m1982m1982m1982m1982
1983m1983m1983m1983m1983m1983
1984m1984m1984m1984m1984m1984
1985m1985m1985m1985m1985m1985
1986m1986m1986m1986m1986m1986
1987m1987m1987m1987m1987m1987
1988m1988m1988m1988m1988m1988
1989m1989m1989m1989m1989m1989
1990m1990m1990m1990m1990m1990
1991m1991m1991m1991m1991m1991
1992m1992m1992m1992m1992m1992
1993m1993m1993m1993m1993m1993
1994m1994m1994m1994m1994m1994
1995m1995m1995m1995m1995m1995
1996m1996m1996m1996m1996m1996
1997m1997m1997m1997m1997m1997
1998m1998m1998m1998m1998m1998
1999m1999m1999m1999m1999m1999
2000m2000m2000m2000m2000m2000
2001m2001m2001m2001m2001m2001
2002m2002m2002m2002m2002m2002
2003m2003m2003m2003m2003m2003
2004m2004m2004m2004m2004m2004
2005m2005m2005m2005m2005m2005
2006m2006m2006m2006m2006m2006
2007m2007m2007m2007m2007m2007
2008m2008m2008m2008m2008m2008
2009m2009m2009m2009m2009m2009
2010m2010m2010m2010m2010m2010
2011m2011m2011m2011m2011m2011
2012m2012m2012m2012m2012m2012
2013m2013m2013m2013m2013m2013
2014m2014m2014m2014m2014m2014
2015m2015m2015m2015m2015m2015
2016m2016m2016m2016m2016m2016
2017m2017m2017m2017m2017m2017
2018.zipsasdtacsvpdf
2019.zipsasdtacsvpdf
2020.zipsasdtacsvpdf
2021.zipsasdtacsvpdf

U.S. Data Files - Codes for Reading Source ASCII Death Data

Year SAS SPSS Stata (.do) Stata (.dct) R
1959 m1959 m1959 m1959 m1959 -
1960 m1960 m1960 m1960 m1960 -
1961 m1961 m1961 m1961 m1961 -
1962 m1962 m1962 m1962 m1962 -
1963 m1963 m1963 m1963 m1963 -
1964 m1964 m1964 m1964 m1964 -
1965 m1965 m1965 m1965 m1965 -
1966 m1966 m1966 m1966 m1966 -
1967 m1967 m1967 m1967 m1967 -
1968 m1968 m1968 m1968 m1968 -
1969 m1969 m1969 m1969 m1969 -
1970 m1970 m1970 m1970 m1970 -
1971 m1971 m1971 m1971 m1971 -
1972 m1972 m1972 m1972 m1972 -
1973 m1973 m1973 m1973 m1973 -
1974 m1974 m1974 m1974 m1974 -
1975 m1975 m1975 m1975 m1975 -
1976 m1976 m1976 m1976 m1976 -
1977 m1977 m1977 m1977 m1977 -
1978 m1978 m1978 m1978 m1978 -
1979 m1979 m1979 m1979 m1979 -
1980 m1980 m1980 m1980 m1980 -
1981 m1981 m1981 m1981 m1981 -
1982 m1982 m1982 m1982 m1982 -
1983 m1983 m1983 m1983 m1983 -
1984 m1984 m1984 m1984 m1984 -
1985 m1985 m1985 m1985 m1985 -
1986 m1986 m1986 m1986 m1986 -
1987 m1987 m1987 m1987 m1987 -
1988 m1988 m1988 m1988 m1988 -
1989 m1989 m1989 m1989 m1989 -
1990 m1990 m1990 m1990 m1990 -
1991 m1991 m1991 m1991 m1991 -
1992 m1992 m1992 m1992 m1992 -
1993 m1993 m1993 m1993 m1993 -
1994 m1994 m1994 m1994 m1994 -
1995 m1995 m1995 m1995 m1995 -
1996 m1996 m1996 m1996 m1996 -
1997 m1997 m1997 m1997 m1997 -
1998 m1998 m1998 m1998 m1998 -
1999 m1999 m1999 m1999 m1999 -
2000 m2000 m2000 m2000 m2000 -
2001 m2001 m2001 m2001 m2001 -
2002 m2002 m2002 m2002 m2002 -
2003 m2003 m2003 m2003 m2003 -
2004 m2004 m2004 m2004 m2004 -
2005 m2005 m2005 m2005 m2005 -
2006 m2006 m2006 m2006 m2006 -
2007 m2007 m2007 m2007 m2007 -
2008 m2008 m2008 m2008 m2008 -
2009 m2009 m2009 m2009 m2009 -
2010 m2010 m2010 m2010 m2010 -
2011 m2011 m2011 m2011 m2011 -
2012 m2012 m2012 m2012 m2012 -
2013 m2013 m2013 m2013 m2013 -
2014 m2014 m2014 m2014 m2014 -
2015 m2015 m2015 m2015 m2015 -
2016 m2016 m2016 m2016 m2016 -
2017 m2017 m2017 m2017 m2017 -
2018 - - - m2018 -
2019 - - - - m2019
2020   dct      

U.S. Territory Data Files - Codes for Reading Source ASCII Death Data

Year SAS SPSS Stata (.do) Stata (.dct) R
1994 t1994 t1994 t1994 t1994 -
1995 t1995 t1995 t1995 t1995 -
1996 t1996 t1996 t1996 t1996 -
1997 t1997 t1997 t1997 t1997 -
1998 t1998 t1998 t1998 t1998 -
1999 t1999 t1999 t1999 t1999 -
2000 t2000 t2000 t2000 t2000 -
2001 t2001 t2001 t2001 t2001 -
2002 t2002 t2002 t2002 t2002 -
2003 t2003 t2003 t2003 t2003 -
2004 t2004 t2004 t2004 t2004 -
2005 t2005 t2005 t2005 t2005 -
2006 t2006 t2006 t2006 t2006 -
2007 t2007 t2007 t2007 t2007 -
2008 t2008 t2008 t2008 t2008 -
2009 t2009 t2009 t2009 t2009 -
2010 t2010 t2010 t2010 t2010 -
2011 t2011 t2011 t2011 t2011 -
2012 t2012 t2012 t2012 t2012 -
2013 t2013 t2013 t2013 t2013 -
2014 t2014 t2014 t2014 t2014 -
2015 t2015 t2015 t2015 t2015 -
2016 t2016 t2016 t2016 t2016 -
2017 t2017 t2017 t2017 t2017 -
2018 - - - t2018 -
2019 - - - - t2019

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