| | 1995-97 | Rate/100,000 |
| Name | Deaths | Population | Crude | Age Adjusted |
| INYO, CA - MONO, CA | 4 | 89,820 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
| SANTA CRUZ (SANTA CRUZ), CA | 30 | 745,510 | 4.0 | 4.1 |
| BUTTE (CHICO), CA - TEHAMA, CA | 41 | 857,691 | 4.8 | 3.6 |
| COOS, OR - DEL NORTE, CA | 14 | 344,365 | 4.1 | 3.4 |
| NEVADA, CA - SIERRA, CA | 10 | 284,886 | 3.5 | 3.0 |
| SACRAMENTO (SACRAMENTO), CA - PLACER, CA | 150 | 5,115,274 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
| JACKSON (MEDFORD), OR - JOSEPHINE, OR | 29 | 884,701 | 3.3 | 2.8 |
| VENTURA (OXNARD), CA | 48 | 2,252,397 | 2.1 | 2.5 |
| SHASTA (REDDING), CA - MODOC, CA | 17 | 575,818 | 3.0 | 2.4 |
| SOLANO (VALLEJO), CA - NAPA, CA | 40 | 1,689,761 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| SAN FRANCISCO (SAN FRANCISCO), CA - SAN MATEO, CA | 124 | 4,414,838 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
| FRESNO (FRESNO), CA - KINGS, CA | 62 | 3,087,475 | 2.0 | 2.2 |
| HUMBOLDT, CA | 11 | 383,211 | 2.9 | 2.1 |
| SAN JOAQUIN (STOCKTON), CA - AMADOR, CA | 41 | 1,902,265 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| SANTA BARBARA (SANTA BARBARA), CA - SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA | 42 | 1,922,746 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| SANTA CLARA (SAN JOSE), CA - MONTEREY, CA | 99 | 6,266,604 | 1.6 | 2.0 |
| WASHOE (RENO), NV - ORMSBY, NV | 40 | 1,448,117 | 2.8 | 1.9 |
| ALAMEDA (OAKLAND), CA - CONTRA COSTA, CA | 146 | 7,019,917 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| SAN DIEGO (SAN DIEGO), CA - IMPERIAL, CA | 168 | 8,900,744 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| SONOMA (SANTA ROSA), CA - MARIN, CA | 43 | 2,041,292 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| KERN (BAKERSFIELD), CA | 32 | 1,969,951 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| LOS ANGELES (LOS ANGELES), CA - ORANGE, CA | 628 | 37,144,085 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| STANISLAUS (MODESTO), CA - MERCED, CA | 36 | 2,138,262 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| SAN BERNARDINO, CA - RIVERSIDE (RIVERSIDE), CA | 179 | 9,502,992 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| TULARE (VISALIA), CA | 20 | 1,115,635 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| YUBA, CA - SUTTER (YUBA CITY), CA | 8 | 491,438 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| MENDOCINO, CA | 3 | 260,188 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| PLUMAS, CA - LASSEN, CA | 0 | 161,270 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
