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+language:
+- en
+pretty_name: Provisional COVID-19 Deaths by Sex and Age
+tags:
+- hhs
+- cdc
+- age
+- coronavirus
+- covid-19
+- deaths
+- influenza
+- monthly
+- mortality
+- nchs
+- nvss
+- pneumonia
+- provisional
+- sex
+- state
+- yearly
+---
+
+# Provisional COVID-19 Deaths by Sex and Age
+
+## Description
+
+Effective September 27, 2023, this dataset will no longer be updated. Similar data are accessible from wonder.cdc.gov.
+
+Deaths involving COVID-19, pneumonia, and influenza reported to NCHS by sex, age group, and jurisdiction of occurrence.
+
+## Dataset Details
+
+- **Publisher**: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
+- **Temporal Coverage**: 2020-01-01/2023-07-29
+- **Geographic Coverage**: United States, Puerto Rico
+- **Last Modified**: 2025-04-21
+- **Contact**: National Center for Health Statistics ([email protected])
+
+## Source
+
+Original data can be found at: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/covid19/covid-19-mortality-data-files.htm
+
+## Usage
+
+You can load this dataset using:
+
+```python
+from datasets import load_dataset
+ dataset = load_dataset('HHS-Official/provisional-covid-19-deaths-by-sex-and-age')
+```
+## License
+
+This dataset is licensed under https://www.usa.gov/government-works