AgeRaceDR {synthACS}R Documentation

Death rates in the United States by age and race, 2013

Description

A dataset containing death rates for individuals by age group and race for the United States, 2013.

Usage

AgeRaceDR

Format

A data.frame with 360 observations and 4 variables.

age

The exact age, in years, at which life expectany is calculated.

race

The racial group of the deceased One of all all races; white whites; black black / African-American; hispanic Hispanic; asian.isl Asian and Pacific Islander; nat.amer Native American or Alaska Native.

gender

The gender of the deceased. One of c(both, male, female)

death_rate

The raw death rate. See details.

Details

Source

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/deaths.htm

References

Xu, J. Q., S. L. Murphy, and K. D. Kochanek. "Deaths: final data for 2013." National Vital Statistics Reports 64.2 (2015).


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