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2009-2018 Final Deaths by Year by ZIP Code

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California Department of Public Health
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April 15, 2025
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This data table reports the annual number of deaths of California residents by the ZIP Code of residence regardless of where the death occurred (by residence). 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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Year
ZIP_Code
Geography_Type
Strata
Strata_Name
Cause
Cause_Desc
ICD_Revision
Count
2009
90001
Residence
Age
Under 1 year
ALL
All causes (total)
ICD-10
2009
90001
Residence
Age
1-4 years
ALL
All causes (total)
ICD-10
2009
90001
Residence
Age
5-14 years
ALL
All causes (total)
ICD-10
2009
90001
Residence
Age
15-24 years
ALL
All causes (total)
ICD-10
2009
90001
Residence
Age
25-34 years
ALL
All causes (total)
ICD-10
2009
90001
Residence
Age
35-44 years
ALL
All causes (total)
ICD-10
13
2009
90001
Residence
Age
45-54 years
ALL
All causes (total)
ICD-10
20
2009
90001
Residence
Age
55-64 years
ALL
All causes (total)
ICD-10
38
2009
90001
Residence
Age
65-74 years
ALL
All causes (total)
ICD-10
23
2009
90001
Residence
Age
75-84 years
ALL
All causes (total)
ICD-10
50
2009
90001
Residence
Age
85 years and over
ALL
All causes (total)
ICD-10
44
2009
90001
Residence
Gender
Female
ALL
All causes (total)
ICD-10
99
2009
90001
Residence
Gender
Male
ALL
All causes (total)
ICD-10
117

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Field Title
Field Name
Data Type
Description
ZIP Code
ZIP_Code
Plain Text
Five-digit ZIP Code for geography. Note that ZIP Codes represent mail delivery routes, do not represent geographic regions, and are subject to change over time. All ZIP Codes in the list of California ZIP Codes used for validation are included for all years, but this does not mean that the ZIP Code was in use at that time.
Geography Type
Geography_Type
Plain Text
Whether the geography is based on the place of residence or place of occurrence. A geography type of Residence includes events for California residents even if they occurred outside of California, whereas a geography type of Occurrence includes events that occurred within California even if they were not California residents.
Strata
Strata
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General demographic or detail category under which events have been stratified. For example, Race-Ethnicity or Gender. Will be Total Population if there is no stratification other than underlying cause of death.
Strata Name
Strata_Name
Plain Text
Individual strata within the general demographic or detail category. For example, Hispanic or Female. Will be Total Population if there is no stratification other than underlying cause of death.
Underlying Cause of Death
Cause
Plain Text
Cause of death category 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]. 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. Cause of death categories for years 1999 and later are based on 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 and for 1970 through 1978 based on the eighth revision adapted (ICDA-8) codes. For more information on the comparability of cause of death classification between ICD revisions see Comparability of Cause-of-death Between ICD Revisions (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/mortality/comparability_icd.htm).

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