Interactive tools · CDC NCHS 2017
Mortality data tools
Three free, interactive tools for exploring the CDC NCHS Leading Causes of Death data, every result computed live from the same 2017 dataset that powers the rest of the site.
Data updated 2017-12-31
- 3
- Interactive tools
- 10
- Leading causes
- 51
- States + DC
- 2017
- Latest data year
Download the compiled NCHS mortality extract: cdc-nchs-leading-causes.csv (same extract as /statistics).
Which mortality question do you need answered?
Cause-of-death lookup
Pick a leading cause and rank all 50 states and DC by age-adjusted rate.
Open tool →State mortality finder
Pick a state and see its leading causes of death, ranked by deaths and rate.
Open tool →Compare states by cause
Put up to four states side by side on one cause: deaths, rate, and national rank.
Open tool →Leading causes of death the tools draw on, 2017
National deaths across the 10 CDC NCHS leading-cause chapters
Browse the full data
Open Data
Download the compiled NCHS mortality extract as cdc-nchs-leading-causes.csv (same CSV as /statistics). When reusing the table, name PlainHealth as the compiler; underlying CDC NCHS / WONDER files remain public-source.
According to the CDC National Center for Health Statistics, PlainHealthData's mortality figures are rendered directly from 9,690 official state-year-cause records (NCHS Leading Causes of Death for calendar years 1999-2017). June 2026 is when this portal last verified that frozen CDC file is intact; it is not a newer claims year. No figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2017.