Statewide Death Profiles
Data and Resources
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2023-2024 Provisional Deaths by Month StatewideCSV
This data table reports the provisional monthly number of deaths that...
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2014-2022 Final Deaths by Year StatewideCSV
This data table reports the statewide annual number of deaths that occurred...
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2014-2022 Final Deaths by Month StatewideCSV
This data table reports the statewide monthly number of deaths that occurred...
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1999-2013 Final Deaths by Year StatewideCSV
This data table reports the statewide annual number of deaths that occurred...
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1999-2013 Final Deaths by Month StatewideCSV
This data table reports the statewide monthly number of deaths that occurred...
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1979-1998 Final Deaths by Year StatewideCSV
This data table reports the statewide annual number of deaths that occurred...
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1979-1998 Final Deaths by Month StatewideCSV
This data table reports the statewide monthly number of deaths that occurred...
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1970-1978 Final Deaths by Year StatewideCSV
This data table reports the statewide annual number of deaths that occurred...
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1970-1978 Final Deaths by Month StatewideCSV
This data table reports the statewide monthly number of deaths that occurred...
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Data Dictionary - Deaths StatewideCSV
Additional Info
Field | Value |
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Contact Email | [email protected] |
Program | California Department of Public Health, Center for Health Statistics and Informatics, Vital Statistics Branch |
Homepage URL | https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHSI/Pages/Data-and-Statistics-.aspx |
Temporal Coverage | Final Data Tables:
Provisional Data Tables:
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Spatial/Geographic Coverage | California |
Geographic Granularity | Statewide |
Language | English (EN) |
Frequency | Monthly |
De-Identification Method | In accordance with the California Health and Human Services Data De-Identification Guidelines, counts less than 11 have been suppressed to protect privacy, and additional suppression has been applied to complementary cells to prevent the inference of the values of suppressed cells. An Annotation_Code of 1 denotes non-zero counts less than 11 suppressed due to small numbers, and an Annotation_Code of 2 denotes a cell suppressed as a complementary cell. Suppression is applied to complementary cells across all stratifications, including across all months for each year. Since annual counts will be provided once provisional data is finalized, complementary cells are suppressed across the months for each year even when annual counts have not yet been provided. |
Source Link | https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHSI/Pages/Data-Applications.aspx |
Data Collection Tool |
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License | Terms of Use |
Limitations | Use of this data is subject to the CHHS Terms of Use and any copyright and proprietary notices incorporated in or accompanying the individual files. |
Additional Limitations | Data Completeness: Provisional counts are based on the records available when the data was retrieved, given by Data_Extract_Date, 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. For more information, see “Timeliness of Death Certificate Data for Mortality Surveillance and Provisional Estimates” from the National Center for Health Statistics. |
Additional Information | Underlying Cause of Death: 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. Provided as a three-character code:
Cause of death categories for years 1999 and later are based on the tenth revision of International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) codes listed. Comparable categories are provided for years 1979 through 1998 based on ninth revision (ICD-9) codes. For more information on the comparability of cause of death classification between ICD revisions see Comparability of Cause-of-death Between ICD Revisions. The previously included OTH category for all other causes of death is no longer provided. This value can be calculated from the difference of ALL and the sum of all other categories. Age: Age of the decedent at death grouped into the following categories: "Under 1 year," "1-4 years," "5-14 years," "15-24 years," "25-34 years," "35-44 years," "45-54 years," "55-64 years," "65-74 years," "75-84 years," and "85 years and over." Records with unknown age are excluded from this strata. Gender: The legal sex or gender identity of the decedent as on the death certificate. For deaths reported as of July 1, 2015, the decedent's sex recorded on a California death certificate should reflect their gender identity. As of 2021, gender identity on death certificates has included female, male, and nonbinary. Values for this strata include "Female," "Male," and "Nonbinary/Unknown." Records with nonbinary and unknown gender identity are combined into "Nonbinary/Unknown" due to small counts to protect privacy in accordance with the California Health and Human Services Data De-Identification Guidelines. Counts of nonbinary and unknown are not provided for data prior to 2021. Race-Ethnicity: The race or Hispanic ethnicity of the decedent, includes: "American Indian/Alaska Native," "Asian," "Black," "Hawaiian/Pacific Islander," "Hispanic," "Multi-Race," "White," and "Other/Unknown." All records with a response of "Yes" to "Was decedent Hispanic/Latino(a)/Spanish?" are included in "Hispanic" regardless of race. Place Type: Death place type represents the type of location where a death occurred and includes the following categories: "Inpatient," "Emergency Room/Outpatient," "Decedent's Home," "Hospice Facility," "Nursing Home/Long Term Care Facility," and "Other/Unknown." "Other/Unknown" includes records where the death place type is "Dead on Arrival," "Other," or "Unknown." |
Citation | Final Data: California Department of Public Health. Death Statistical Master File (Static), 1970-2013. Compiled by Center for Health Statistics and Informatics. California Department of Public Health. California Comprehensive Master Death File (Static), 2014-2022. Compiled by Center for Health Statistics and Informatics. Provisional Data: California Department of Public Health. California Comprehensive Death File (Dynamic), 2023-2024. Compiled by Center for Health Statistics and Informatics. Date extracted: [Data_Extract_Date]. |
Last Updated | March 27, 2024, 16:04 (UTC) |
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