---
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 (cdcinfo@cdc.gov)

## 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