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A dataset containing age-adjusted death rate data by race and gender of the deceased. Data is provided for 1980-2013.
adjDR
A data.frame
with 612 observations and 4 variables.
The year for which data was was recorded.
The racial group of the deceased One of all
all races; white
whites; black_aa
black / African-American; nat_amer
American Indian
or Native Alaskan; asian_isl
Asian or Pacific Islander; hisp_lat
Hispanic.
The gender of the deceased. One of c(both, male, female)
The age-adjusted death rate. See details.
The age-adjusted death rates are used to compare relative mortality risks among groups and over time. They were computed by the direct method, which is defined
R'= ∑_{i} \frac{P_{si}}{P_{s}}R_i
where P_{si} is the standard population for age group i, P_s is the total US standard population and R_i is the raw death rate for age group i.
Populations are based on census counts enumerated as of April 1 of the census year and estimated as of July 1 for non-census years.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/deaths.htm
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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