Community Health Statistics Unit

Health Data

Community Profiles

Community Profiles contain a variety of health-related information in San Diego County and its communities. We currently have data for 2016 to 2022 deaths, hospitalizations, emergency department discharges, in-patient treatment discharges, physical rehabilitation, and skilled nursing facility discharges.

The 2022 Community Profiles are available online as dynamic Tableau dashboards. These dashboards help to visualize the health data by the lenses of health equity: age, sex, geography, socioeconomic status, and race/ethnicity. There are over 70 conditions with four outcomes available (death, hospitalization, emergency department discharge, and in-patient treatment discharges). Data are available for the Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) Regions and their respective subregional areas (SRAs), as well as for the 18 municipalities and the unincorporated area of San Diego County. Selected tabs can be downloaded as images and the entire profile can be downloaded as PDFs or PowerPoint slides.

For previous years' health data, dating back to 2000, visit our  archives.

For machine-readable data, visit the County of San Diego's data access portal.

Health Briefs

Morbidity Dashboard

Preventable Hospitalizations

This dashboard displays potentially preventable hospitalizations among San Diego County resident adults by race, sex, and geography defined by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) prevention quality indicators (PQIs) version 2022. AHRQ's prevention quality indicators are defined as hospital discharges due to specific chronic and acute conditions that could have been prevented if the individual received proper outpatient care. Hospital discharges are based on patient residency not on hospital location, and these indicators are not a reflection of hospital quality but rather, access to high quality outpatient care. PQIs are only one measure to identify the quality of patient care in the community.

Preventable Hospitalizations Dashboard

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs)

Both Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs) impact health outcomes in adulthood. ACEs are potentially traumatic experiences that occur before the age of 18. PCEs are defined as having supportive and nurturing environments in childhood, such as strong peer relationships, supportive school environments, or safe neighborhoods. Current research indicates that experiencing a higher number of ACEs is associated with chronic health conditions, mental illness, and health risk behaviors, while PCEs are strongly associated with improved mental and physical health in adulthood. Further, PCEs may have protective effects against adverse health and well-being outcomes in adulthood among adults who were exposed to ACEs. Currently, ACEs are measured through a variety of surveys. The data provided in the Childhood Experiences dashboard are from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).

The interactive Childhood Experiences Tableau dashboard helps to visualize demographic and health outcome data disaggregated by ACE and PCE scores for San Diego County adults. The accompanying brief provides a background of ACEs and PCEs and their relationship to health and well-being. Additionally, the brief highlights the disparities found in ACEs and PCEs prevalence among adults in San Diego County.

Childhood Experiences in San Diego County Brief (June 2024)

Childhood Experiences in San Diego County Dashboard

Non-Hispanic Asian and Non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Health and Well-Being

Tribal Health and Well-Being

3-4-50: Chronic Disease in San Diego County

Chronic diseases are now the major cause of death and disability worldwide, having surpassed infectious diseases and injuries. This reflects an improvement in the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases and significant changes in dietary habits, physical activity levels, and tobacco use in the population. ²  Three behaviors (poor diet, physical inactivity, and tobacco use) contribute to four chronic diseases (cancer, heart disease and stroke, type 2 diabetes, and pulmonary diseases such as asthma) that cause over 50 percent of all deaths worldwide. This is the foundation of the 3-4-50 concept.³ The influence of these three unhealthy behaviors may be seen in San Diego County as these four chronic diseases are the most common causes of death and disability in our region.

Expand the topics below to view 3-4-50 data:

Payer Source Dashboards

The Payer Source Dashboards display hospitalization and emergency department data by expected payer sources, including Medicaid/Medi-Cal and Medicare. Hospitalization and emergency department data includes demographics, admission summaries, and primary diagnoses by race/ethnicity, age group, and sex. These data are specific to residents in San Diego County who were admitted into the emergency department or hospital with health insurance covered by Medicaid/Medi-Cal and/or Medicare.

Payer Source Dashboard: Emergency Department Discharges (2021-2022)

Payer Source Dashboard: Hospitalizations (2021-2022)

¹  World Health Organization (WHO). “The Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health.” http://www.who.int/dietphysicalactivity/media/en/gsfs_general.pdf (Accessed September 22, 2011).

² 3Four50, www.3four50.com (Accessed September 22, 2011).

Dashboard instructions here.