California Communicable Disease Cases by County, Year, and Sex

Reportable case counts and rates for selected communicable diseases among California residents from 2001 onward. The data is reported by disease, county, year, and sex, sourced from California Confidential Morbidity Reports and Laboratory Reports. It covers diseases including Anaplasmosis, Coccidioidomycosis, and Cryptosporidiosis.

Use Cases

• Analyze disease-specific case rate trends by county and year to identify regional outbreaks.
• Compare case counts by sex across different diseases like Coccidioidomycosis and Cryptulosis to study demographic patterns.
• Model temporal trends in reportable diseases such as Anaplasmosis and Brucellosis from 2001 to present.

Strengths

• Data spans from 2001 through the last indicated year, providing over two decades of temporal coverage.
• Covers multiple reportable diseases including Anaplasmosis, Coccidioidomycosis, and Cryptosporidiosis.
• Reported by specific geographic (county), temporal (year), and demographic (sex) dimensions.

Limitations

• Case counts may be incomplete or differ from publications due to reporting and investigation delays.
• The specific list of diseases and available columns is not detailed in the input.
• Data freshness depends on the reporting cycle, with inherent lags from illness onset to final case confirmation.

Provenance

Source

State of California, California Department of Public Health.

Collection Method

Sourced from California Confidential Morbidity Reports and/or Laboratory Reports for cases meeting surveillance definitions.

Time Range

From 2001 through the last year indicated.

Freshness

Last updated in November 2025, indicating recent maintenance.

Geography

California, United States, with data reported by county.