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Healthy people. Strong community.Epidemiology & Data Services · Data current August 2026
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Vital statistics · 2025
The county's most basic ledger. Vital records take time to finalize, so this page always shows complete years. Certified copies of birth and death certificates come from the state, not this website.
Births
3,098
-1.4%vs. prior yeardecrease compared with the prior year
Deaths
2,677
-2.5%vs. prior yeardecrease compared with the prior year
Natural Change
421
Births minus deaths
Leading Cause
Heart disease
594 deaths
Annual counts, 2016 through 2025. The 2020 and 2021 death totals include the COVID-19 pandemic.
Updated annually · as of 2025
| Year | Births | Deaths | Natural change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3,467 | 2,615 | 852 |
| 2017 | 3,386 | 2,647 | 739 |
| 2018 | 3,350 | 2,654 | 696 |
| 2019 | 3,343 | 2,654 | 689 |
| 2020 | 3,245 | 2,931 | 314 |
| 2021 | 3,216 | 3,090 | 126 |
| 2022 | 3,148 | 2,883 | 265 |
| 2023 | 3,156 | 2,807 | 349 |
| 2024 | 3,141 | 2,745 | 396 |
| 2025 | 3,098 | 2,677 | 421 |
InsightDeaths rose sharply in 2020 and 2021 during the pandemic, and have eased back toward pre-pandemic levels since.
The ten leading causes, with age-adjusted rates for fair comparison over time. The same table appears on the Community Health Indicators page with more context.
Updated annually · as of 2025
| Heart disease | 594 | 167.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Cancer | 531 | 149.8 |
| Unintentional injury (includes overdose) | 178 | 50.2 |
| Stroke | 149 | 42.0 |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease | 140 | 39.5 |
| Alzheimer's disease | 130 | 36.7 |
| Diabetes | 89 | 25.1 |
| Kidney disease | 61 | 17.2 |
| Suicide | 45 | 12.7 |
| COVID-19 | 24 | 6.8 |