Allegheny County Mortality Indicators
Description
This data includes counts of deaths by race (total, Black, white) by age grouping and cause of death by Census Tract aggregated over a five-year period (2014-18). Data extracted from Pennsylvania's Electronic Death Registry System (EDRS) with the following disclaimer: "These data were provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The Department specifically disclaims responsibility for any analyses, interpretations, or conclusions."
Census tract of residence was determined using address-level data. Records were excluded from analysis if address was missing or unmatched to a census tract (≈1% records). Census tracts starting with 980x.xx, 981x.xx, and 982x.xx were also excluded due to a geocoding error.
For cause of death by census tract, counts were assessed using census tract by age and race; records were excluded if age, race, or location data were missing. Census-tract level counts < 5 are censored and displayed as NULL. Census-tract-level counts may not equal county-level counts when summed due to censored data or missing data.
Resources
| Name |
Format |
Description |
Link |
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8 |
mortality_county_all.csv |
https://data.wprdc.org/dataset/3a0645d8-8495-48f3-be6a-dd44646b1b2a/resource/c878eb5a-105d-4e1d-8458-6ed271cf7d83/download/mortality_county_all.csv |
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8 |
mortality_by_tract.csv |
https://data.wprdc.org/dataset/3a0645d8-8495-48f3-be6a-dd44646b1b2a/resource/7c59602e-4635-491d-9772-8e98edd6866b/download/mortality_by_tract.csv |
Tags
- mortality
- cause-of-death
- health
- deaths