This dataset combines historical county-level data from the Community Health Assessment Tool (CHAT) with last year's suicide rate data from the Pierce County Medical Examiners' database (MEDIS). The purpose of this combined dataset is to provide the most up-to-date information on suicide rates in Pierce County with historical data for comparing Pierce County to other neighboring counties.

Data from the Department of Health, who collects information on pregnancy and delivery in Washington State from birth certificates, and information on deaths in Washington State from death certificates.
Occurrence of birth in each residence county represents all births to residents of each county regardless of where the birth occurred.
Occurrence of death in each residence county represents all deaths to residents of each county regardless of where the death occurred.