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Deaths and Death Rates, 1920 - 2003
Los Angeles County & California

Year	Los Angeles County		California (Statewide)
Year	Number of Deaths	Death Rate*	Number of Deaths	Death Rate*
2003	61,072	6.1	239,325	6.7
2002	59,586	6.0	233,246	6.6
2001	59,774	6.2	232,790	6.7
2000	59,032	6.2	228,281	6.6
1999	59,614	6.1	227,965	6.7
1998	58,923	6.1	225,450	6.8
1997	60,070	6.3	223,438	6.8
1996	59,686	6.4	222,308	6.8
1995	60,953	6.5	222,626	6.9
1994	62,442	6.7	222,854	6.9
1993	62,250	6.8	220,271	6.9
1992	61,708	6.9	214,586	6.8
1991	61,585	6.9	214,220	6.9
1990	62,700	7.1	213,766	7.0
1989	64,940	7.3	215,930	7.4
1988	64,851	7.3	215,185	7.6
1987	64,237	7.8	209,395	7.6
1986	59,919	7.5	202,826	7.5
1985	62,250	7.8	201,815	7.6
1984	60,202	7.7	195,470	7.6
1983	58,427	7.8	188,018	7.4
1982	58,368	7.8	188,255	7.6
1981	58,101	7.8	184,732	7.6
1980	59,551	8.0	186,428	7.8
Year	Los Angeles County		California (Statewide)
Year	Number of Deaths	Death Rate*	Number of Deaths	Death Rate*
1979	56,631	7.7	177,214	7.6
1978	57,705	8.1	175,878	7.7
1977	56,388	8.0	170,441	7.6
1976	58,971	8.4	171,095	7.8
1975	59,622	8.5	170,797	7.9
1974	60,325	8.6	170,475	8.1
1973	61,693	8.7	172,798	8.3
1972	61,457	8.7	170,026	8.3
1971	62,931	8.9	169,349	8.3
1970	62,192	8.8	166,382	8.3
1965	59,204	8.8	---	---
1960	54,124	8.9	---	---
1955	47,297	9.3	---	---
1950	30,445	7.3	---	---
1945	36,555	10.7	---	---
1940	31,068	11.0	---	---
1930	24,284	10.9	---	---
1920	13,461	13.5	---	---

Note: Although these are certainly available somewhere, we were unable to obtain
statewide death statistics prior to 1970.
*Death rates are per 1,000 population.
Source: California Dept. of Health Services

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