https://github.com/gnd/who_deaths
A collection of scripts to mine and analyze publicly-accessible data from the WHO Mortality Database
https://github.com/gnd/who_deaths
cancer death medicine mortality mortality-database statistics suicide who world-health-organization
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A collection of scripts to mine and analyze publicly-accessible data from the WHO Mortality Database
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/gnd/who_deaths
- Owner: gnd
- Created: 2018-10-23T13:30:47.000Z (over 7 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2023-03-23T17:31:33.000Z (over 3 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-01-26T17:47:50.118Z (over 1 year ago)
- Topics: cancer, death, medicine, mortality, mortality-database, statistics, suicide, who, world-health-organization
- Language: JavaScript
- Homepage:
- Size: 875 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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README
# who_deaths
A collection of scripts to mine and analyze publicly-accessible data from the WHO Mortality Database
# usage
1. Download fresh data from https://www.who.int/data/data-collection-tools/who-mortality-database#:~:text=The%20WHO%20Mortality%20Database%20is,death%20as%20reported%20by%20countries
2. Clone the repository
3. Unpack data and run .import.py
4. Run deaths.py and/or cancer_eu.sh for some cancer-related stats
# future
this should grow to be more versatile in the future, currently the main focus is cancer (and suicide) related mortality.