US Infant Mortality Rates, By Race (1915-2013)

US infant mortality data, by race, from 1915 to 2013, as provided by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics.

Usage

var dataset = require( '@stdlib/datasets/cdc-nchs-us-infant-mortality-bw-1915-2013' );

dataset()

Returns US infant mortality data, by race, from 1915 to 2013, as provided by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics.

var data = dataset();
// returns { 'black': [...], 'white': [...] }

Notes

All birth data by race before 1980 are based on race of the child. Starting in 1980, birth data by race are based on race of the mother. Birth data are used to calculate infant mortality rate.

Examples

var dataset = require( '@stdlib/datasets/cdc-nchs-us-infant-mortality-bw-1915-2013' );

// Retrieve the data:
var data = dataset();
var b = data.black;
var w = data.white;

// Compute the relative infant mortality rate for blacks versus whites...
var r;
var i;
for ( i = 0; i < b.length; i++ ) {
    r = b[ i ] / w[ i ];
    console.log( '%d', r.toFixed( 3 ) );
}

CLI

Usage

Usage: cdc-nchs-us-infant-mortality-bw-1915-2013 [options]

Options:

  -h,    --help                Print this message.
  -V,    --version             Print the package version.

Notes

Data is written to stdout as comma-separated values (CSV), where the first line is a header line.

Examples

$ cdc-nchs-us-infant-mortality-bw-1915-2013

License

The data files (databases) are licensed under an Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication & License 1.0 and their contents are licensed under Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal. The software is licensed under Apache License, Version 2.0.