nyc_cause_of_death: New York City Leading Causes of Death

In nycOpenData: Convenient Access to NYC Open Data API Endpoints

New York City Leading Causes of Death

Description

Downloads New York City Leading Causes of Death data from NYC Open Data.

Usage

nyc_cause_of_death(limit = 10000, filters = list(), timeout_sec = 30)

Arguments

limit	Number of rows to retrieve (default = 10,000).
filters	Optional list of field-value pairs to filter results.
timeout_sec	Request timeout in seconds (default = 30).

Details

The leading causes of death by sex and ethnicity in New York City in since 2007. Cause of death is derived from the NYC death certificate which is issued for every death that occurs in New York City.

Value

A tibble containing New York City Leading Causes of Death data.

Source

NYC Open Data: <https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Health/New-York-City-Leading-Causes-of-Death/jb7j-dtam/about_data>

Examples

# Examples that hit the live NYC Open Data API are wrapped so CRAN checks
# do not fail when the network is unavailable or slow.

if (curl::has_internet()) {
  # Quick example (fetch 2 rows)
  small_sample <- nyc_cause_of_death(limit = 2)
  small_sample

  nyc_cause_of_death(filters = list(sex = "M"))
}

nycOpenData documentation built on Jan. 26, 2026, 1:06 a.m.