| | 1996-98 | Rate/100,000 | |
| Name | Deaths | Population | Crude | Age Adjusted | |
| COOS, OR-DEL NORTE, CA -HSA# 738 | 19 | 331,547 | 5.7 | 4.9 | UNSTABLE |
| BUTTE (CHICO), CA-TEHAMA, CA -HSA# 697 | 44 | 819,720 | 5.4 | 4.5 |
| INYO, CA-MONO, CA -HSA# 816 | 4 | 85,799 | 4.7 | 4.4 | UNSTABLE |
| SANTA CRUZ (SANTA CRUZ), CA -HSA# 802 | 24 | 717,695 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
| JACKSON (MEDFORD), OR-JOSEPHINE, OR -HSA# 752 | 35 | 863,833 | 4.1 | 3.3 |
| PLUMAS, CA-LASSEN, CA -HSA# 780 | 4 | 159,188 | 2.5 | 3.1 | UNSTABLE |
| SHASTA (REDDING), CA-MODOC, CA -HSA# 710 | 19 | 556,256 | 3.4 | 3.1 | UNSTABLE |
| HUMBOLDT, CA -HSA# 800 | 11 | 367,223 | 3.0 | 3.0 | UNSTABLE |
| SACRAMENTO (SACRAMENTO), CA-PLACER, CA -HSA# 709 | 135 | 5,041,638 | 2.7 | 3.0 |
| TULARE (VISALIA), CA -HSA# 789 | 25 | 1,051,326 | 2.4 | 3.0 |
| STANISLAUS (MODESTO), CA-MERCED, CA -HSA# 737 | 52 | 2,046,668 | 2.5 | 3.0 |
| WASHOE (RENO), NV-ORMSBY, NV -HSA# 701 | 41 | 1,420,878 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
| SAN JOAQUIN (STOCKTON), CA-AMADOR, CA -HSA# 750 | 49 | 1,838,555 | 2.7 | 2.9 |
| VENTURA (OXNARD), CA -HSA# 790 | 53 | 2,165,219 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
| FRESNO (FRESNO), CA-KINGS, CA -HSA# 718 | 68 | 2,932,224 | 2.2 | 2.6 |
| SANTA BARBARA (SANTA BARBARA), CA-SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA -HSA# 781 | 48 | 1,852,522 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| SONOMA (SANTA ROSA), CA-MARIN, CA -HSA# 764 | 49 | 1,982,867 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| KERN (BAKERSFIELD), CA -HSA# 807 | 38 | 1,874,212 | 2.0 | 2.4 |
| SAN BERNARDINO, CA-RIVERSIDE (RIVERSIDE), CA -HSA# 768 | 197 | 9,160,880 | 2.0 | 2.4 |
| ALAMEDA (OAKLAND), CA-CONTRA COSTA, CA -HSA# 766 | 169 | 6,819,733 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| SANTA CLARA (SAN JOSE), CA-MONTEREY, CA -HSA# 751 | 114 | 6,069,656 | 1.9 | 2.3 |
| SOLANO (VALLEJO), CA-NAPA, CA -HSA# 746 | 33 | 1,633,106 | 2.0 | 2.3 |
| SAN FRANCISCO (SAN FRANCISCO), CA-SAN MATEO, CA -HSA# 757 | 114 | 4,304,111 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
| LOS ANGELES (LOS ANGELES), CA-ORANGE, CA -HSA# 723 | 655 | 35,402,354 | 1.7 | 2.0 |
| SAN DIEGO (SAN DIEGO), CA-IMPERIAL, CA -HSA# 774 | 167 | 8,588,679 | 1.8 | 2.0 |
| YUBA, CA-SUTTER (YUBA CITY), CA -HSA# 690 | 8 | 464,888 | 1.7 | 1.9 | UNSTABLE |
| NEVADA, CA-SIERRA, CA -HSA# 753 | 6 | 279,815 | 2.1 | 1.8 | UNSTABLE |
| MENDOCINO, CA -HSA# 811 | 3 | 249,952 | 1.2 | 1.1 | UNSTABLE |
