Data and Statistics
The following resources provide statistics and data relevant to research surrounding death and dying:
- World Mortality Dataset Contains recent “all-cause mortality” counts for 79 countries, aggregated to weekly, monthly, or quarterly totals (depending on availability). The project draws on the Human Mortality Database, EuroStat, and data collected by the New York Times (DIP 2020.05.27); and expands upon it by gathering data from government websites and through direct inquiries.
- Human Mortality Database The Human Mortality Database (HMD) was created to provide detailed mortality and population data to researchers, students, journalists, policy analysts, and others interested in the history of human longevity.
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) Deaths (Our World in Data) Explore the global data on confirmed COVID-19 deaths
- Suicide Mortality in the United States, 1999-2019 In 2019, suicide was the 10th leading cause of death for all ages in the United States. As the second leading cause of death for ages 10–34 and the fourth leading cause for ages 35–54, suicide is a major contributor to premature mortality.
- Excess mortality during the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) (Our World in Data) On this page we provide an overview of excess mortality along with charts to explore the data. You can learn in more depth about different measures of excess mortality, their strengths and limitations, and their comparability across countries in our work with John Muellbauer and Janine Aron.
- UCLA Law CBBDP Custodial Mortality Project Data The UCLA Law Behind Bars Data Project, launched in March 2020, tracks the spread and impact of COVID in U.S. carceral facilities and advocates for greater transparency and accountability for the pandemic response behind bars. To better monitor the public health conditions behind bars, the project began gathering data on all-cause deaths in U.S. prisons in June 2020.
