This post explores Multiple Cause-of-Death records for the year 2021, taken from the U.S. Division of Vital Statistics. Specifically, the impact of the second full year of the coronavirus pandemic is explored in more detail.
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Increases in Circulatory Death During the Coronavirus Pandemic
This post takes a closer look at Multiple Cause-of-Death records during the first year of the Coronavirus Pandemic. In this post, changes in mortality records involving the circulatory system (i.e. ICD-10 codes starting with I) are analyzed in more detail. These codes cover commonly occurring diseases like heart attacks, strokes, and other disease of the cardiovascular and, more broadly, the circulatory system.
Cause of Death in the USA: 1959-2020
This post takes another look at Mortality Multiple Cause-of-Death records from the U.S. Division of Vital Statistics. Previous posts have analyzed records for the year 2016 and also deaths due to Influenza & Pneumonia in 2017. In this post, records from 1959 to the 2020, the latest year currently available, are analyzed.
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Visualizing Coronavirus Phylogenies with Genome Mutation Analysis
In this post, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) responsible for the recent pandemic is analyzed. Several attributes about the presently recorded virus genomes are plotted and genetic mutations in the sequences are traced to identify probable phylogenies among the samples.
Ancestry Determination via Genetic Variant Analysis
Introduction
Sequencing of the human genome began in 1990 as part of the Human Genome Project. With the technology available at the time, the project was a substantial undertaking. The human genome contains two sets of 23 chromosomes each with roughly 3.2 billion base pairs. A number of institutions, in countries around the world, participated in the project. Thirteen years later the project was complete at a cost of roughly three billion US dollars. The result was the first reference human genome.
Rapid advances in the field of genomics have dramatically lowered the cost of genetic sequencing and have ushered in the age of the once fabled “$1000 genome.” Now, a growing list of companies offer whole genome sequencing for hundreds of dollars with turn around time measured in weeks. This technology enables introspection into the sequences of nucleobases that comprise DNA and thus the genes of anyone curious enough to take the plunge.
Population Normalized CoVID-19 Charts and Predictions
The following charts compare the number of deaths resulting from the CoVID-19 pandemic in various countries as of March 20th 2020. The daily totals are normalized by the population in each country to produce per capita numbers. Per capita numbers allow for more easy comparison between countries.
Mortality in the United States and Its Causes
In this chapter, vital statistics for the United States of America are explored. The Center for Disease Control maintains several datasets containing vital statistics for the nation. These datasets contain records of deaths organized by year. Each record includes age, gender, race, cause of death, and other details. This chapter explores data for the year 2016.
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