The report looks at differences in rates of death for males and females in San Diego County, causes of death, causes of hospitalization, emergency department use, and more. The report's demographic data is from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, as well as the 2018–2022 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS).

Findings: In 2022, the San Diego County population had a slightly higher proportion of males than females. Females tended to have lower rates of death among top conditions, but higher rates of emergency department discharge, compared to males. In 2022, females had a rate of death due to stroke one and a half times higher than that of males and a rate of death due to Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias that was nearly twice that of males. Males also had much higher rates of death due to all opioid overdose (3.7 times higher), suicide (2.5 times higher), and alcohol-related disorders (2.3 times higher) compared to females. For both females and males, the same conditions caused the highest rates of hospitalization; these were overall heart disease, falls, and overall hypertensive disease.