Death Profiles by ZIP Code

Final Data Tables:

• 1989-2022
  • Total Population by Cause
  • Age (only for all causes)
  • Gender (only for all causes)

California

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.

• California Electronic Death Registration System (CA-EDRS)

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:

• ALL = All causes (total)
• ALZ = Alzheimer's disease [G30]
• CAN = Malignant neoplasms (cancers) [C00-C97]
• CLD = Chronic lower respiratory disease (CLRD) [J40-J47]
• DIA = Diabetes mellitus [E10-E14]
• HOM = Assault (homicide) [*U01-*U02, X85-Y09, Y87.1]
• HTD = Diseases of heart [I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51]
• HYP = Essential hypertension and hypertensive renal disease [I10, I12, I15]
• INJ = Accidents (unintentional injuries) [V01-X59, Y85-Y86]
• LIV = Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis [K70, K73-K74]
• NEP = Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis [N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27]
• PAR = Parkinson's disease [G20-G21]
• PNF = Pneumonia and influenza [J09-J18]
• STK = Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) [I60-I69]
• SUI = Intentional self-harm (suicide) [*U03, X60-X84, Y87.0]

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 to 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 gender of the decedent as on the death certificate. As of July 1, 2015 the decedent's sex recorded on a California death certificate reflects their gender identity. Includes "Female" and "Male." Records with unknown and nonbinary gender are excluded from this strata due to small counts.

Final Data:

California Department of Public Health. Death Statistical Master File (Static), 1989-2013. 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.