population

The dataset provides weekly data on excess deaths associated with COVID-19 by jurisdiction of occurrence. Counts of deaths in more recent weeks are compared with historical trends to determine whether the number of deaths is significantly higher than expected.

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United States

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Public Domain U.S. Government

National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Excess Deaths Associated with COVID-19

Counts of cases, deaths, etc. Often includes multiple types of counts as not compatible with more specific labels. Information about diagnostic tests, results, including serology tests, PCR, and other tests. Can include various methods of estimation, including the COVID-19 Forecast and Scenario Hubs.

case counts

A data set that is about either some mortality rate or the death events themselves of some individuals of a given population of a particular biological taxon.

mortality data

A population mortality dataset that compares deaths in the population during one time interval to deaths in the population during a previous time interval and reports an estimate of how many more or less deaths occurred in the later time interval.

excess mortality dataset

An organism of a particular biological taxon that is the bearer of an infectious dispositions towards an organism of a different particular biological taxon.

pathogen

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

An organism of a particular biological taxon that is the site of reproduction of an organism of a different taxon.

host organism

Homo sapiens

A disease is a disposition (i) to undergo pathological processes that (ii) exists in an organism because of one or more disorders in that organism.

disease

A disease whose physical basis is an infectious disorder.

infectious disease

A Coronavirus infection that is characterized by fever, cough and shortness of breath and that has_material_basis_in SARS-CoV-2.

COVID-19

A data item that is an aggregate of other data items of the same type that have something in common. Averages and distributions can be determined for data sets.

Identifier	URL:https://data.cdc.gov/NCHS/Excess-Deaths-Associated-with-COVID-19/xkkf-xrst
Type	data set
Biological Scale	population
Collection End Date
Language	English
Topics	case counts mortality data excess mortality dataset disease infectious disease COVID-19 host organism Homo sapiens pathogen Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Geographical Scope	United States
Geographical Resolution	State
Start Date	2017/01/14
End Date
Version	unspecified
Accessible For Free	TRUE
License	Public Domain U.S. Government
Rights	unspecified
HTTP Status Code	200
HTTP Checked On	2025/06/16