Death Profiles by County

This dataset contains counts of deaths for California counties based on information entered on death certificates. Final counts are derived from static data and include out-of-state deaths to California residents, whereas provisional counts are derived from incomplete and dynamic data. Provisional counts are based on the records available when the data was retrieved and may not represent all deaths that occurred during the time period. Deaths involving injuries from external or environmental forces, such as accidents, homicide and suicide, often require additional investigation that tends to delay certification of the cause and manner of death. This can result in significant under-reporting of these deaths in provisional data.

The final data tables include both deaths that occurred in each California county regardless of the place of residence (by occurrence) and deaths to residents of each California county (by residence), whereas the provisional data table only includes deaths that occurred in each county regardless of the place of residence (by occurrence). The data are reported as totals, as well as stratified by age, gender, race-ethnicity, and death place type. Deaths due to all causes (ALL) and selected underlying cause of death categories are provided. See temporal coverage for more information on which combinations are available for which years.

The cause of death categories are based solely on the underlying cause of death as coded by the International Classification of Diseases. The underlying cause of death is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as "the disease or injury which initiated the train of events leading directly to death, or the circumstances of the accident or violence which produced the fatal injury." It is a single value assigned to each death based on the details as entered on the death certificate. When more than one cause is listed, the order in which they are listed can affect which cause is coded as the underlying cause. This means that similar events could be coded with different underlying causes of death depending on variations in how they were entered. Consequently, while underlying cause of death provides a convenient comparison between cause of death categories, it may not capture the full impact of each cause of death as it does not always take into account all conditions contributing to the death.

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Public Access Level Public
Rights No restrictions on public use
Program Contact Name California Department of Public Health, Center for Health Statistics and Informatics, Vital Statistics Branch
Program Contact Email [email protected]
Frequency Monthly
Temporal Coverage

Final Data Tables:

  • 1970-1978
    • Total Population (only for all causes)
    • Age (only for all causes)
    • Gender (only for all causes)
  • 1979-2022
    • Total Population by Cause
    • Gender by Cause
    • Age (only for all causes)
  • 2000-2022
    • Race-Ethnicity by Cause
  • 2014-2022
    • Place Type (only for all causes)

Provisional Data Tables:

  • 2023-2024
    • Total Population by Cause
    • Gender by Cause
    • Race-Ethnicity by Cause
    • Age (only for all causes)
    • Place Type (only for all causes)
Source Link https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHSI/Pages/Data-and-Statistics-.aspx
Last Updated May 3, 2024, 18:05 (UTC)
Created December 8, 2023, 18:01 (UTC)
DCAT Issued Date 2020-04-24T16:37:41.715623
DCAT Modified Date 2024-04-30T16:25:11.162596