This visualization illustrates the causes of death over time from the weekly bills of mortality. The darker the shade of red indicates a higher number of deaths for a particular cause. Each column corresponds to a year in the database (listed on the x-axis label at the bottom of the graphic) and it’s corresponding cause (on the y-axis). This graphic updates regularly as new bills are added to the database.

For causes of death from the annual general bills, see the General Bills visualization.

Suggested citation

Please use the following as a suggested citation:

Jason Heppler, “Counting the Causes of Death (Weekly Bills),” Death by Numbers, Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, George Mason University (2024): https://deathbynumbers.org/visualizations/deaths/.