Economy
Deaths
Description: The number of deaths, by county of residence, is counted from death certificates. The crude death rate is calculated by dividing the number of deaths by an estimate of population. It is not adjusted for differences in the age composition.
The numbers of deaths are presented on Arizona Indicators since 1970 for the United States, Arizona, and the 15 Arizona counties. Data prior to 1970 are available from the sources. Preliminary data are released monthly, but final counts are slow to be released.
Data Sources: Arizona Department of Health Services http://www.azdhs.gov/plan/menu/for/deathscounty.htm and, for national data, the National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm.
Comments on the Quality of the Data: The death data are believed to be an accurate count of the number dying in the United States.
