Leading Causes of Death

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) United States Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Version:  View help for Version V1

Version Title:  View help for Version Title Initial upload

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  1975 10/24/2025 09:26:AM
  1976 10/24/2025 09:26:AM
  1977 10/24/2025 09:26:AM
  1978 10/24/2025 09:26:AM
  1979 10/24/2025 09:26:AM
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  1982 10/24/2025 09:26:AM
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Project Citation: 

United States Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Leading Causes of Death. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-10-24. https://doi.org/10.3886/E239071V1

Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title Leading Causes of Death
Summary:  View help for Summary A tool that allows to rank all deaths in the USA by the underlying cause of death, sex, race, and age. It is based on data from National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and from Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The NHTSA data are from Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), CDC data are from National Center for Health Statistics. Here both data sets are included together with some sample reports. 
Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://cdan.dot.gov/LeadingCauses/LeadingCauses.htm

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms causes of death; traffic accidents
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1900 – 2023 (The various data sets have different dates. )
Universe:  View help for Universe Deaths
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) administrative records data; aggregate data


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V1 [2025-10-24]

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