{"@type": "dcat:Dataset", "accessLevel": "public", "bureauCode": ["009:20"], "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "National Center for Health Statistics", "hasEmail": "mailto:cdcinfo@cdc.gov"}, "description": "MMWR Surveillance Summary 66 (No. SS-1):1-8 found that nonmetropolitan areas have significant numbers of potentially excess deaths from the five leading causes of death. These figures accompany this report by presenting information on potentially excess deaths in nonmetropolitan and metropolitan areas at the state level. They also add additional years of data and options for selecting different age ranges and benchmarks.\r\n\r\nPotentially excess deaths are defined in MMWR Surveillance Summary 66(No. SS-1):1-8 as deaths that exceed the numbers that would be expected if the death rates of states with the lowest rates (benchmarks) occurred across all states. They are calculated by subtracting expected deaths for specific benchmarks from observed deaths.\r\n\r\nNot all potentially excess deaths can be prevented; some areas might have characteristics that predispose them to higher rates of death. However, many potentially excess deaths might represent deaths that could be prevented through improved public health programs that support healthier behaviors and neighborhoods or better access to health care services.\r\n\r\nMortality data for U.S. residents come from the National Vital Statistics System. Estimates based on fewer than 10 observed deaths are not shown and shaded yellow on the map.\r\n\r\nUnderlying cause of death is based on the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10)\r\n\r\nHeart disease (I00-I09, I11, I13, and I20\u2013I51)\r\nCancer (C00\u2013C97)\r\nUnintentional injury (V01\u2013X59 and Y85\u2013Y86)\r\nChronic lower respiratory disease (J40\u2013J47)\r\nStroke (I60\u2013I69)\r\nLocality (nonmetropolitan vs. metropolitan) is based on the Office of Management and Budget\u2019s 2013 county-based classification scheme.\r\n\r\nBenchmarks are based on the three states with the lowest age and cause-specific mortality rates.\r\n\r\nPotentially excess deaths for each state are calculated by subtracting deaths at the benchmark rates (expected deaths) from observed deaths.\r\n\r\nUsers can explore three benchmarks:\r\n\r\n\u201c2010 Fixed\u201d is a fixed benchmark based on the best performing States in 2010.\r\n\u201c2005 Fixed\u201d is a fixed benchmark based on the best performing States in 2005.\r\n\u201cFloating\u201d is based on the best performing States in each year so change from year to year.\r\n \r\nSOURCES\r\n\r\nCDC/NCHS, National Vital Statistics System, mortality data (see http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/deaths.htm); and CDC WONDER (see http://wonder.cdc.gov).\r\n\r\nREFERENCES \r\n\r\n1. Moy E, Garcia MC, Bastian B, Rossen LM, Ingram DD, Faul M, Massetti GM, Thomas CC, Hong Y, Yoon PW, Iademarco MF. Leading Causes of Death in Nonmetropolitan and Metropolitan Areas \u2013 United States, 1999-2014. MMWR Surveillance Summary 2017; 66(No. SS-1):1-8.\r\n\r\n2. Garcia MC, Faul M, Massetti G, Thomas CC, Hong Y, Bauer UE, Iademarco MF. Reducing Potentially Excess Deaths from the Five Leading Causes of Death in the Rural United States. MMWR Surveillance Summary 2017; 66(No. SS-2):1\u20137.", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "downloadURL": "https://data.cdc.gov/api/views/vdpk-qzpr/rows.csv?accessType=DOWNLOAD", "mediaType": "text/csv"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "downloadURL": "https://data.cdc.gov/api/views/vdpk-qzpr/rows.json?accessType=DOWNLOAD", "mediaType": "application/json"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "downloadURL": "https://data.cdc.gov/api/views/vdpk-qzpr/rows.rdf?accessType=DOWNLOAD", "mediaType": "application/rdf+xml"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "downloadURL": "https://data.cdc.gov/api/views/vdpk-qzpr/rows.xml?accessType=DOWNLOAD", "mediaType": "application/xml"}], "identifier": "https://data.cdc.gov/api/views/vdpk-qzpr", "issued": "2017-01-19", "keyword": ["cancer", "chronic lower respiratory disease", "heart disease", "stroke", "unintentional injury"], "landingPage": "https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data-visualization/potentially-excess-deaths/", "license": "https://www.usa.gov/government-works", "modified": "2025-04-21", "programCode": ["009:020"], "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention"}, "theme": ["National Center for Health Statistics"], "title": "NCHS - Potentially Excess Deaths from the Five Leading Causes of Death"}