U.S. County-Level Natality and Mortality Data, 1915-2007

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Martha Bailey; Karen Clay, Carnegie Mellon University; Price Fishback, University of Arizona; Michael Haines; Shawn Kantor, Florida State University; Edson Severnini, Carnegie Mellon University; Anna Wentz, Brown University

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Project Citation: 

Bailey, Martha, Clay, Karen, Fishback, Price, Haines, Michael, Kantor, Shawn, Severnini, Edson, and Wentz, Anna. U.S. County-Level Natality and Mortality Data, 1915-2007. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2016-09-16. https://doi.org/10.3886/E100229V4

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary This dataset contains cells for counts of vital events by U.S. county and year from 1915-2007.  Vital events include the live births, infant deaths, and all-age deaths. When sources allow, data are disaggregated by county of occurrence, county of residence, and race.
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health (R03HD058065); United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health (R03HD058065-01A1); United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health (R01HD070950-02); United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health (R01HD057929); National Science Foundation (SES-0617972); National Science Foundation (SES-0214483); National Science Foundation (SES-0080324); National Science Foundation (SBR-9708098); National Science Foundation (SES-135744); National Science Foundation (SES-1061927); National Science Foundation (SES- 0921732)

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms county; deaths; natality; mortality; births
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1/1/1915 – 12/31/2007
Collection Notes:  View help for Collection Notes This openICPSR project is freely available to the general public in the original condition deposited (no curation). As a benefit to the ICPSR membership, this data collection was professionally curated and enhanced by ICPSR data processors. The curated data are available only to users at ICPSR member institutions at http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36603.v1.


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V3 [2016-08-25]

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