Mortality Dataset

Mortality data for various causes of death, including: Accidental deaths, Intentional deaths (suicide, homicide, and legal interventions), Suicide deaths, Homicide deaths, Carbon Monoxide deaths, deaths associated with Nationally Notifiable Infectious Conditions, Heat-related deaths, Hepatitis C as underlying cause of death, Asthma deaths, and Mortality Amenable to Healthcare; Fetal mortality and Infant Mortality; Drug Overdose deaths, Any Opioid deaths, Cocaine deaths, Heroin deaths, Synthetic opioid deaths, Methadone deaths, Natural and semi-synthetic opioid deaths, non-opioid deaths, other and unspecified narcotic deaths

Rationale

These indicators are used for reporting of Nationally Consistent Data Measures (NCDM). The purpose of these NCDM was to develop standardized data and measures for understanding the impact of our environment on our health and to establish the National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network.

Temporal Resolution

Yearly

Data Source for Mortality

Department of Delaware Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health, Delaware Health Statistics Center

Organization

Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS)

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Privacy

In releasing this information, Delaware aims to provide information that can be helpful to local communities as they work to improve public health. However, the protection of the confidentiality of our citizens is of paramount importance. To that end, counts of less than 11 are not presented, and the rate is not calculated for counts of less than 20. An outside expert has reviewed the platform to ensure it complies with the HIPAA privacy rule (45 CFR 164.§514(b)).