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The analysis required basic Python coding to provide meaningful results gathered from the dataset.
There are 10 causes of death included in the study data set.
All 51 states were included in the study.
The total number of deaths between 1999-2017 is 72,561,166.
The number of deaths per year declined between years 2000 and 2009, then, between 2010 and 2015 the number of deaths grew with a sharp increase between 2015 and 2017.
Plotting the top ten states with the highest number of deaths between the years 1999-2017.
The dataset reveals top causes of death in the United States include heart disease, cancer, and stroke.