Mortality Data Reporting Issues:

2008 Death Data:

Due to collection and processing issues that were beyond our control, there may be some mis-match between cause of death and demographics.

All Years Death Data:

Hispanic Ethnicity is most likely under-reported on the death certificate. Several studies conducted in different states indicate that there may be under-reporting of Hispanic ethnicity on death certificates. A cursory review of linked Georgia data shows a 35% decrease from Hispanic-at-birth to Non-Hispanic at death, and a 25% decrease from Hispanic-mother-during-delivery to Non-Hispanic at death.

NCHS Rankable Cause - Influenza and Pneumonia:

On 7.21.2021 the NCHS Rankable Cause “Influenza and Pneumonia” was updated to include ICD10 code J09 to reflect evolving standards from NCHS.

SIDS data:

SIDS data were accidentally inflated during the period 1/25/23 – 3/3/2023.

Oasis Detailed Causes - Cancers, Blood Diseases (Anemias), and Major Cardiovascular Diseases:

On 8/29/23 we corrected an error introduced on 7/5/23 that elevated the count of "Cancers", "Blood Diseases (Anemias)", and "Major Cardiovascular Diseases."

Cause Category “All other Diseases of Heart”

On 3/14/25, the label “All other Diseases of Heart” was changed to “Hypertensive Heart and Chronic Kidney Disease” to be more descriptive.

Content Version 3/14/2025