This script obtains state-year level mortality and population data for raw death files obtained from NBER. It also adds political and economic controls using additional data files.
It can be used to obtain mortality rates by cause-of-death.
On a Windows system, run
scripts\get_mortality.py -i raw_data -o mortality_by_state.dta -s 2003 -e 2004 -v
after creating and populating the following folder structure under raw_data:
+
+--BEA
+--NBER
+--PoliticalControls
+--Population
The data files required for each folder is in a README.md file in each directory.
- Windows
- Python 3
- Python libraries in
requirements.txt
You can also use the same file on Linux systems. On any system, you can install the requirements by running:
pip install -r requirements.txt
For more help, run:
scripts\get_mortality.py --help
Also see the *.bat files for examples.
The main script is compatible with Linux systems. However, the *.bat files
are not. You should be able to convert the *.bat files to bash without
much difficulty, as these are simply wrappers around the main script.