Provisional analysis of US mortality rates.
acs.R: Combine mortality data with ACS population data.mortality.py: Process bulk CDC/NVSS mortality data into a simple format.usa_00024.cbk.txt: IPUMS codebook
Note: Raw data are not included in this repository due to size.
Download CDC mortality data and place in data.
Execute an IPUMS query matching usa_00024.cbk.txt, unzip the results, and rename them usa_00024.csv.
Run mortality.py to preprocess the CDC mortality data.
Run acs.R to mash up ACS data and produce age-standardized death rates.