PlainHealth

Terms of Service

PlainHealth publishes mortality statistics drawn from the CDC National Center for Health Statistics, a complete 9,690-record grid of 50 states, the District of Columbia, and 19 years from 1999 to 2017, retrieved through the CDC WONDER Underlying Cause of Death database. These terms govern how you may use that public-domain data and the rankings, charts, and analysis built on it; see the methodology for how every figure is calculated.

Use of Data

PlainHealth provides public health mortality statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC WONDER). This data is provided for informational and educational purposes only.

Not Medical Advice

PlainHealth is not a medical resource. The mortality statistics displayed on this site are population-level data and should not be used for individual health decisions. Always consult a qualified healthcare provider for medical advice.

Data Accuracy

While we strive for accuracy, we make no guarantees about the completeness or correctness of the data. The original source is CDC WONDER. Users should verify critical data points against the original source at wonder.cdc.gov.

Limitation of Liability

PlainHealth and its operators are not liable for any decisions made based on data presented on this site. Use at your own risk.

Changes

We may update these terms at any time. Continued use of the site constitutes acceptance of updated terms.

Contact

Questions? Email legal@plainhealthdata.com.

Data Accuracy and Verification

PlainHealth aggregates and reformats information that originates from public government agencies, regulatory filings, and other openly available sources. While we take reasonable steps to ingest, normalize, and refresh this data, upstream records may contain clerical errors, lag behind real-world changes, or omit relevant context. You are solely responsible for verifying any fact that influences a legal, medical, financial, educational, safety, or similarly consequential decision. Cross-reference the official source before acting on anything you read here.

Acceptable Use

You may browse, read, and share PlainHealth content for personal, journalistic, academic, and non-commercial research use. You may cite specific records with attribution and a link back to the page on plainhealthdata.com. You may not (a) systematically scrape, crawl, or download the dataset in bulk without prior written permission; (b) resell, sublicense, or redistribute derived data products that compete with PlainHealth; (c) use our pages to harass, defame, or misrepresent any individual or organization appearing in the data; (d) remove, obscure, or mislabel source attribution; or (e) attempt to bypass rate limits, security controls, or authentication mechanisms.

Plain-Language Transformation and Editorial Role

PlainHealth combines raw public data with plain-language summaries, explainers, and comparisons. Narrative sections are generated from the source data by our editorial pipeline, under standards our editorial team sets, and the numbers are read directly from the upstream source, we do not alter, estimate, or interpolate them. If you spot a summary that misreads the data, please email the correction link on our contact page.

Intellectual Property

The underlying public records surfaced on PlainHealth are in the public domain or otherwise freely licensed by the issuing agency, you are free to use those raw facts. However, our site design, layout, navigation structure, original editorial copy, category taxonomies, comparison tables, and curated rankings are the copyrighted work of PlainHealth. These creative elements may not be reproduced in whole or substantial part without permission.

Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms of Use from time to time to reflect changes in our data sources, product features, legal environment, or advertising relationships. When we make material changes, we will update the "Last updated" date above and, when appropriate, surface a brief notice on the homepage. Continued use of the site after an update constitutes acceptance of the revised terms. We encourage you to revisit this page periodically.

Governing Law and Disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of the United States and the jurisdiction in which PlainHealth is domiciled, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Any dispute arising from or relating to your use of PlainHealth will first be addressed through good-faith informal negotiation. If that fails, both parties agree to resolve the dispute in the courts with jurisdiction over PlainHealth's principal place of business. Nothing in these terms limits your statutory consumer-protection rights under applicable local law.

For formal legal notices, DMCA takedown requests, subpoenas, law-enforcement requests, or correspondence regarding these terms, email legal@plainhealthdata.com. General questions, data corrections, and feedback should use the contact page so they reach the editorial team promptly.