Description

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

Granularities available

Year, Five year window

Locations available for download

Country, Delaware, County, Municipality, ZIP Code, Senate District, House Of Representatives District, Census Tract, Neighborhood, Census Block Group

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.

Citation

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