Deaths and Death Rates by Cause

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DeathsandDeathRatesbyCause.csv (13 rows, 4.2 KB)

DataSeries Text	2024 Text	2023 Text	2022 Text	2021 Text	2020 Text	2019 Text	2018 Text	2017 Text	2016 Text	2015 Text	2014 Text	2013 Text	2012 Text	2011 Text	2010 Text	2009 Text	2008 Text	2007 Text	2006 Text	2005 Text	2004 Text	2003 Text	2002 Text	2001 Text	2000 Text	1999 Text	1998 Text	1997 Text	1996 Text	1995 Text	1994 Text	1993 Text	1992 Text	1991 Text	1990 Text	1989 Text	1988 Text	1987 Text	1986 Text	1985 Text	1984 Text	1983 Text	1982 Text	1981 Text	1980 Text	1979 Text	1978 Text	1977 Text	1976 Text	1975 Text	1974 Text	1973 Text	1972 Text	1971 Text	1970 Text	1969 Text	1968 Text	1967 Text	1966 Text	1965 Text	1964 Text	1963 Text	1962 Text	1961 Text	1960 Text
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Crude Death Rate	6	6.2	6.3	5.8	5.2	5	5	5	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.4	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.5	4.7	4.8	4.7	4.6	4.7	4.6	4.7	4.9	4.9	4.7	4.6	4.9	4.8	5	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.2	5	5.5	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.7	5.6	5.8	5.9	6.2
Infant Mortality Rate	2.3	2.2	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.7	2.1	2.2	2.4	1.7	1.8	2	1.8	2	2	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.6	2.1	2	2.5	2.9	2.2	2.5	3.3	4.1	3.6	3.6	3.8	4.1	4.7	4.8	5.4	6.6	6.3	5.5	5.5	6.1	7.6	7.3	8.8	9.6	8.2	8	13.2	12.6	12.4	11.6	13.9	16.8	20.3	19.2	20.1	20.5	20.9	23.4	24.8	25.8	26.3	29.9	28.1	31.2	32.3	34.9
Infant Mortality Rate - Males	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.6	2.1	1.8	2.3	2	2.3	2.2	1.9	1.8	2	2.3	1.9	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.8	2.4	2.2	2.8	3.4	2.4	2.8	3.2	4.1	4	3.5	4.3	4.3	5	5.2	5.8	7.1	6.5	5.6	6	6.1	8.3	7.5	9.7	11.6	9	8.3	14.3	14.9	14.6	13.7	15.9	19.7	23.7	22.6	22.5	22.2	23.3	25.5	27.2	28.3	30.5	33.6	32.5	36.3	35.7	37.9
Infant Mortality Rate - Females	2.8	2.6	1.6	1.9	1.4	1.6	1.9	2.4	2.5	1.2	1.7	2.1	1.6	1.7	2.1	1.7	1.7	1.5	2.4	1.7	1.8	2.2	2.3	2.1	2.2	3.4	4.1	3.1	3.5	3.2	4	4.3	4.4	4.8	6.2	6	5.4	4.9	6	6.8	7	7.9	7.3	7.4	7.7	12	10.1	9.9	9.4	11.6	13.6	16.4	15.6	17.6	18.7	18.2	21	22.1	23.1	21.8	25.8	23.5	25.9	28.7	31.7
Neonatal Mortality Rate	1.4	1.1	1.1	1.1	0.8	0.6	1.3	1.2	1.4	0.8	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.3	1.1	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.7	1.3	1.1	1.6	1.6	1.1	1.5	1.9	2.4	2.2	2.2	2	2.4	3	3	3.5	4.7	4.6	4.6	5.6	6.5	7	6.2	6.6	8.2	7.6	8.9	9.8	9.7	9.3	8.3	10.2	12.1	14.3	14.4	14	14.6	14.5	15.9	16.7	16.6	17.9	19.6	18.4	19.1	17.7	17.7
Perinatal Mortality Rate	4.4	5.2	3.9	2.9	2.7	2.5	3.2	3.4	3	2.8	2.9	2.8	3.6	3.9	3.5	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.6	3.9	3.5	4.3	4.2	4.9	4.4	4.5	4.3	5.1	5.5	5.7	6.4	7.3	7.9	7.3	9.1	10.2	10.8	10.4	10.6	13	12.6	13.4	14.9	15.2	16.1	14.7	16.6	18.1	20	20.5	21	21.5	21.7	23.2	24.4	24.6	25.5	26.1	26.4	26.7	26.2	27.9
Maternal Mortality Ratio	5.9	3	2.8	2.6	0	2.5	10.2	0	4.8	7.1	2.4	2.5	2.3	7.6	2.6	0	7.5	7.6	10.4	13.3	5.4	5.3	12.3	9.6	17	9.2	13.7	4.2	4.1	4.1	6.1	8	4	4.1	2	4.2	11.3	6.9	13	4.7	12	14.8	11.7	4.7	4.9	7.4	20.3	15.6	14	30	18.5	14.5	36.2	21.2	32.7	38.1	40.2	31.6	49.4	39.5	41.2	35.3	39	40	45.3
Under-5 Mortality Rate	2.8	2.5	2.3	2.2	2.1	2.3	2.6	2.8	2.7	2.6	2.5	2.6	2.7	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.7	2.9	2.9	2.9	3	3.2	3.4	3.5	3.8	4.4	4.5	4.7	4.7	5	5.3	5.8	6.1	6.7	7.5	7.3	7.2	7.7	7.6	8.2	9.9	10.4	11	10.9	11.6	na	na	na	na	18	na	na	na	na	25.3	na	na	na	na	34.6	na	na	na	na	45.9
Under-5 Mortality Rate - Males	2.4	2.5	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.5	2.6	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.7	2.9	3.1	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.6	3.8	3.8	3.9	4.5	4.8	5.1	5.3	5.4	5.8	6.1	6.6	7.1	7.9	7.6	7.5	8.1	8.2	8.7	10.6	11.5	12.1	12.1	12.1	na	na	na	na	20.4	na	na	na	na	27.6	na	na	na	na	38.2	na	na	na	na	49.5
Under-5 Mortality Rate - Females	3.2	2.4	2.4	2	2	2.1	2.6	2.8	2.5	2.3	2.3	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.3	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.7	3	3.1	3.6	4.4	4.1	4.3	4	4.6	4.8	5.4	5.6	6.1	7.1	7	7	7.2	7.1	7.6	9.2	9.2	9.8	9.7	11.1	na	na	na	na	15.3	na	na	na	na	22.7	na	na	na	na	30.7	na	na	na	na	41.9

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dataset_id = "d_e2c79c60c046f9a2061328cc3f665688"
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response = requests.get(url)
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