Technical Report
The San Francisco Department of Public Health’s Division of Population Health and Prevention has completed a comprehensive and systematic analysis of the burden of premature mortality from disease and injury experienced by residents of the City and County of San Francisco. This analysis, using methods from the World Health Organization’s recent study, The Global Burden of Disease, revealed the leading causes of death for San Francisco residents by age, sex, ethnicity, and neighborhood, showing those causes which are most important. Furthermore, we estimated how much of the burden of premature death could be prevented, if factors known to contribute to these causes of deaths were removed. Thus, this analysis provides a detailed profile of the mortality burden from disease and injury for the residents of San Francisco, and can serve to guide prevention efforts.
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