Parses VS13MORT.DUSMCPUB file into CSV format with identifying header labels.
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VS13MORT Parser.py Author tommaho Hosted at https://github.com/tommaho/VS13MORT.DUSMCPUB-Parser
About Converts the 2013 Mortality file located here: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data_access/vitalstatsonline.htm to a CSV, based on data file documentation here: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/dvs/Record_Layout_2013.pdf
Directions
- Have Python installed.
- Get & unzip mortality file
- Tweak fileObj and FileOutObj to point to the source and destination of your choosing.