The Human Cause-of-Death Data series

The Human Cause-of-Death Data series is part of the Human Mortality Database (HCD@HMD). In contrast to other existing data resources on causes of death, it provides time series with causes of death classified according to a constant (fixed) list/classification of causes of death taking changes to the International Classification of Diseases into account.

The HCD@HMD data series are updated periodically. For more information, please start with the database overview. Before using the data, please consult the HCD Explanatory Notes, which provides a more comprehensive description of this data project, and the HCD data Formats.

Data availability

Last update: 16-02-2024
Period
Country Reconstructed series Original classification series Last updated
Canada 2000 - 2019 1950 - 2019 4/23/2023
Czech Republic 1994 - 2021 1950 - 2019 4/23/2023
England & Wales 2001 - 2020 1950 - 2019 4/23/2023
Estonia 1955 - 2019 - 4/23/2023
France 1979 - 2017 1958 - 2016 4/23/2023
Germany 1998 - 2020 - 4/23/2023
Japan 1981 - 2020 1950 - 2018 4/23/2023
Latvia 1956 - 2019 - 4/23/2023
Lithuania 1956 - 2020 - 4/23/2023
Moldova 1965 - 2018 - 4/23/2023
Norway 1996 - 2016 1951 - 2016 4/23/2023
Poland 1959 - 2019 - 4/23/2023
Romania 1980 - 2019 - 4/23/2023
Russia 1965 - 2014 - 4/23/2023
Spain 1980 - 2020 - 4/23/2023
Sweden 1997 - 2018 1952 - 2018 4/23/2023
Ukraine 1965 - 2013 - 4/23/2023
USA 1979 - 2021 1959 - 2019 4/23/2023
To facilitate rapid downloads, the data series has been organized into zipped data files. Two series of files are intended for different purposes and for different users.
For users who want to obtain all available data for an individual country or for all countries, the zipped data files labeled "By country" are recommended. For users who only want information of a given kind for all countries, the files "By statistic" are recommended.

By statistic (reconstructed series)

Long list Intermediate list Short list
Death counts by age icon 17,5 Mb icon 5,4 Mb icon 2,2 Mb
Age-specific death rates icon 17,1 Mb icon 6,8 Mb icon 2,7 Mb
Crude death rates icon 2,3 Mb icon 700 Kb icon 230,7 Kb
Standardized death rates icon 10,5 Mb icon 3,6 Mb icon 1,3 Mb
Population exposures icon 279,3 Kb
Births icon 14 Kb

By statistic (original classification series)

Long list Intermediate list Short list
Death counts by age icon 7,6 Mb icon 3,4 Mb
Age-specific death rates icon 2,4 Mb icon 974,3 Kb
Population exposures icon 94,9 Kb
Births icon 4,7 Kb

All data

Complete collection icon 204 Mb