Cause of death data for the USA and UK
Project Summary
The purpose of this project is gain access to and organise cause of death data for the US, using CDC wonder database and the UK NIMS database. The data should then be hosted in internal servers so that researchers can query the data, through an API, for different research proects.
Once the data is available, this will open the possibility for performing different research projects for different aims. One such project is the comparison of death certificate data for US states with causes of death within the CDC wonder DB, defined by ICD10 codes.
Project Timeline
We expect to finish this project in 6 months.
Months 1 to 3
- Download and host cause of death data from CDC wonder DB in internal servers for access by researchers.
- Build API for easy but flexible queries to the databases.
Months 3 to 4
- Design search procedures for specific causes of death. Strokes, Vehicle acciendents, cancer, etc
Months 3 to 6
- Web page with dashboard showing different graphs and figures that characterise the death trends for given searches.
Project costs
The costs described below represent an estimate of the effective costs of running a scientific project and publishing the work through a public website. Some of the costs could be shared with other ongoing projects.
Research and data management (400 man-hour - 10,000 USD)
- Data collecting, cleaning, and processing (data management and API development);
- Data analysis and modeling (data architecture implementation and data visualization).
- Data architecture implementation and data visualization.
Research and report production/review (100 man-hour - 2,500 USD)
- Convert technical data analisys to a report, simplifying scientific language for better comprehension;
- Collaborate with data analysts to validate the information presented in the report, ensuring that the content is not misrepresented while also improving the language proficiency.
Web Development, maintenance, and support costs. IT staff. (500 man-hour - 12,500 USD)
- Compensation for Web developers, IT staff.
- Improving website functionality, navigation and underlying technologies (ASP, JAVA, VBScripts)
- Expaning website to include new research from data scientists.
- Maintenance and support of the website, including fixing bugs and updating the software and databases;
- Ensure the security of the website and the data stored on it. Implementing firewalls, encrypting sensitive data, and securing access to the website;
- Support data scientisits with data architecture implementation/APIs.
Web Hosting and IT infrastructure (2y) (3,190 USD)
- Licenses for development tools, frameworks, and libraries will be largely open source but some cloud services, security and IDE subscription libraries may have associated costs.
- Host and run the website (2y), rent server space, set up databases, and configure networks. Data storage and processing infrastructure will rely on cloud storage or an on-premises data center.
Total estimated costs are: 28,190 USD.
Project Funding Status
The project starts officially when all funding is achieved. But some tasks are already on-going by Phinance Technologies Team:
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