Download the multiple cause of death data as an ASCII file from the CDC

The CDC hosts publicly available multiple cause of death data as a fixed- width text file. This function downloads that file as a zip. Note that the CDC server can be slow–downloading from NBER via the download_mcod_dta() or download_mcod_csv() functions is strongly suggested. Coverage in cdc_dict runs through the most recent public-use year (currently 2024).

Usage

.download_mcod_fwf(year, download_dir = "./raw_data")

Source

https://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Datasets/DVS/mortality/

Arguments

year

year to download (as integer)

download_dir

file path to save downloaded data

Value

none