* The number of deaths to Illinois residents for 2011 and 2012 are taken from the “Provisional Tabulations, Deaths by County of Residence” table on the “Health Statistics” Web page, and are tallies from the IDPH death registration system as of March 13, 2014. In general, the tallies for the most recent provisional periods are less accurate than the eventual final numbers, since death reporting and record clean-up processes may be incomplete prior to each annual file being closed for statistical purposes.