Curated Dataset of Celebrity Deaths with Cardiovascular and Non-Cardiovascular Classification for Exploratory Mortality Analysis (n=164)

Abstract

This dataset contains 164 curated records of celebrity deaths collected from publicly available sources, including news reports, obituaries, and verified online databases. It includes demographic variables, reported cause of death, and classification into cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular categories. The dataset is designed to support exploratory and quantitative analyses investigating how media-reported mortality data may differ from general population patterns, with particular focus on potential reporting biases and representation of cardiovascular disease. This dataset underpins the study:"Patterns in Curated Celebrity Mortality Data: An Exploratory Analysis of Cardiovascular Disease Representation and Dataset Bias."