American Context

DATA SOURCE · CDC-WONDER

CDC WONDER public health statistics

API access enforces dataset-specific caveats, suppressions, and data-use restrictions.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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Corpus snapshot

As of May 31, 2026, 11:56 PM UTC

Live counts from the American Context database. Counts reflect what has been ingested as of the timestamp above — not necessarily every record held by the upstream source.

Metric observations

4

metric_observation

Source releases

1

tracked in source_release

Most recent release

CDC WONDER Underlying Cause of Death, 2018-2024, Single Race national mortality 2024-2024

Release date
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Retrieved
May 3, 2026, 05:06 PM UTC
Dataset
underlying-cause-death

Release source ↗

What we ingest

Active datasets that flow into the American Context corpus.

DatasetGeographyTimeCadenceCaveats
Underlying cause of death national annual mortality metrics
underlying-cause-death
nationalyear—
  • · CDC WONDER API documentation states that National Vital Statistics mortality API queries are national-only; state/county tables require separate validated acquisition.
  • · Counts 1-9 are suppressed and rates may be suppressed or flagged unreliable by NCHS rules.

How American Context connects this

  • ›A health observation is tied to a geography.health_observation_in_geo
  • ›A health observation is tied to a time period.health_observation_in_period

Coverage and limits

  • ·API access enforces dataset-specific caveats, suppressions, and data-use restrictions.
  • ·For NVSS mortality API queries, only national geography is available through the API according to CDC WONDER documentation.

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