San Francisco Bay Area's COVID death rate was among the lowest in the nation. Here's why

Of the nation's88 counties with a population greater than 750,000 people, San Francisco and neighboring Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa and San Mateo counties had COVID death rates among the lowest in the country.

A Times analysis, calculated from data released by local health officials and adjusted for age, shows San Francisco had one-third the death rate of L.A. County and roughly one-fourth that of New York City's. Santa Clara County had an age-adjusted death rate about 40% of L.A. County's and roughly 30% of New York City's.

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