Select and Describe a Dataset

Select and Describe a Dataset Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Select and Describe a Dataset Since the evolution of man, diseases have posed a major threat to human lives. Moreover, they have drastically narrowed the probability of survival for most patients. As a cycle of life, it is expected that death is the ultimate end for all living things. The cause of death is often caused by various diseases or infections. Some of these disorders include cancer, HIV/AIDs, and stroke. In the contemporary world, cancer and HIV/AIDs are the primary causes of increased mortality. Arguably, stroke, cancer, and HIV/AIDs are the three main causes of death across all ages between the year 1990 and 2015. In this paper, stroke, accidents, heart diseases, cancer, and influenza/pneumonia are the five most featured disorders. The dataset provided is courtesy of the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, which is under the US Department of Health Human Services. Describe the database The data.gov is a website by the US government that provides the public with access to any data categorically by region, for example, state, county, and field of interest for the researcher. Some of the areas of interests in the database include manufacturing, labor, agriculture, and health. Various updates and corrections to the database have been made to correct some of the observational errors. The aim of this database is to provide the most accurate data for making correct inferences. Vivek Kundra, the federal officer, who announced its creation was a chief information officer. On behalf of Vivek, the US General Service Administration oversees its performance. The datasets in the website have grown from 47 to more than 180,000. The increase in traffic is a result of the United States government’s directive, which compelled agencies to upload not less than three high valued datasets and register them on the site. The main objective of the website is to rekindle trust and confidence in government and business. The datasets in data.gov are available in various forms such as HTML, CSV, RDF, JSON, BIN, XML, XSL, API, or query tool. The search tab gives room to type the researcher’s query, while the results are displayed below the tab on the right-center with a list of all possible datasets related to the search in the entire website. The US Department of Health and Human Services seeks to provide and improve health and social services in terms of medicine, health policies, and programs to citizens of the United States. The datasets are available and downloadable on the data.gov website. Besides, the National Centre for Health Statistics website under CDC compiles all information about the citizen’s health and later publicizes it. The NCHS has various responsibilities to undertake on behalf of the citizens of the United States. Some of these tasks include identifying health problems, investigating health policies made by the US Department of Health and Human Services, and implementing policy change suggestions. Moreover, NCHS records the health status by race, population traits, economic classes and birth, and death information. Based on the above information, the origin of dataset emanates from NCHS under CDC. The period of focus is between the years 1900...