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GitHub repos to process files

Processing raw files from NCHS

Processing NBER files

Location of raw mortality files

Local (Robbie's office computer)

~/data/mortality/US/state/raw/ (on Robbie office computer. Ask if you need access.)

• 1959-2004: /NBER
• 2005-onwards: individual year folders e.g., 1999/

In SPARK Lab NYC

Not allowed on any GitHub repos on SPARK LAB NYC GitHub

Location of raw population files

Local (Robbie's office computer)

~/data/population/US/state/raw/ (on Robbie office computer. Ask if you need access.) (Need to move here).

In SPARK Lab NYC

GitHub repo: https://github.com/sparklabnyc/us_national_mortality_processing_2025/tree/main/01_data/1b_population_raw

Location of processed mortality files

Local (Robbie's office computer)

~/data/mortality/US/state/processed/race/ (on Robbie office computer. Ask if you need access.)

In SPARK Lab NYC

Not allowed on any GitHub repos on SPARK LAB NYC GitHub

Location of processed population files

Local (Robbie's office computer)

~/data/population/US/state/processed/ (on Robbie office computer. Ask if you need access.) (Need to move here).

In SPARK Lab NYC

GitHub repo: https://github.com/sparklabnyc/us_national_mortality_processing_2025/tree/main/03_output/3b_population_processed