Communicable Diseases in California

Investigate the case counts and rates for selected communicable diseases for California residents, by disease, county, year, and sex.

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This data comes from Data.gov and includes case counts and rates for selected communicable diseases for California residents, by disease, county, year, and sex.

Data

ca_diseases.csv

ca_diseases
Data Dictionary
variable description
disease The name of the Infectious Diseases reported.
county The county in which the case resided when they were diagnosed and State-wide total.
year Estimated onset date is the date closest to the time when symptoms first appeared from 2001 - 2020.
sex The patient's sex as reported by the provider.
rate The number of cases per 100,000 population per County, Year, and Sex using the calculation ((Cases*100,000)/Population).
population The estimated population size (rounded to the nearest integer) for each County, Year, Sex strata.