Leading Causes of Death Among Black Non-Hispanics, Ages 5-14, New York State, 2001-2010

Source: Vital Statistics Data as of September, 2012
New York State Department of Health - Bureau of Biometrics and Health Statistics

Year and # of Deaths #1 Cause of Death and # of Deaths
Crude Death Rate		 #2 Cause of Death and # of Deaths
Crude Death Rate		 #3 Cause of Death and # of Deaths
Crude Death Rate		 #4 Cause of Death and # of Deaths
Crude Death Rate		 #5 Cause of Death and # of Deaths
Crude Death Rate
2010

Total: 68 		Unintentional Injury
16
4 per 100,000* 		Cancer
13
3 per 100,000* 		Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases (CLRD)
7
2 per 100,000* 		Homicide and Legal Intervention
7
2 per 100,000* 		Birth Defects
2
Less than 1 per 100,000*
Heart Disease
2
Less than 1 per 100,000*
Stroke
2
Less than 1 per 100,000*
2009

Total: 67 		Unintentional Injury
12
3 per 100,000* 		Cancer
9
2 per 100,000* 		Homicide and Legal Intervention
5
1 per 100,000* 		Birth Defects
4
Less than 1 per 100,000*
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases (CLRD)
4
Less than 1 per 100,000*
Heart Disease
4
Less than 1 per 100,000*
2008

Total: 75 		Unintentional Injury
20
5 per 100,000 		Homicide and Legal Intervention
9
2 per 100,000* 		Cancer
8
2 per 100,000* 		Heart Disease
6
1 per 100,000* 		Birth Defects
5
1 per 100,000*
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases (CLRD)
5
1 per 100,000*
2007

Total: 78 		Unintentional Injury
25
6 per 100,000 		Cancer
12
3 per 100,000* 		Birth Defects
6
1 per 100,000* 		Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases (CLRD)
5
1 per 100,000*
Heart Disease
6
1 per 100,000*
2006

Total: 74 		Unintentional Injury
16
4 per 100,000* 		Cancer
9
2 per 100,000* 		Homicide and Legal Intervention
7
2 per 100,000* 		Birth Defects
5
1 per 100,000*
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases (CLRD)
5
1 per 100,000*
Suicide
5
1 per 100,000*
2005

Total: 87 		Unintentional Injury
16
4 per 100,000* 		Homicide and Legal Intervention
11
2 per 100,000* 		Birth Defects
8
2 per 100,000* 		Cancer
8
2 per 100,000* 		Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases (CLRD)
4
Less than 1 per 100,000*
Heart Disease
4
Less than 1 per 100,000*
Septicemia
4
Less than 1 per 100,000*
2004

Total: 95 		Unintentional Injury
29
6 per 100,000 		Cancer
15
3 per 100,000* 		AIDS
5
1 per 100,000* 		Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases (CLRD)
5
1 per 100,000* 		Birth Defects
4
Less than 1 per 100,000*
Heart Disease
4
Less than 1 per 100,000*
Homicide and Legal Intervention
4
Less than 1 per 100,000*
2003

Total: 86 		Cancer
10
2 per 100,000* 		AIDS
9
2 per 100,000* 		Birth Defects
8
2 per 100,000*
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases (CLRD)
8
2 per 100,000*
Unintentional Injury
10
2 per 100,000* 		Heart Disease
8
2 per 100,000*
Homicide and Legal Intervention
8
2 per 100,000*
2002

Total: 110 		Unintentional Injury
31
6 per 100,000 		Cancer
16
3 per 100,000* 		Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases (CLRD)
10
2 per 100,000* 		Birth Defects
6
1 per 100,000*
Homicide and Legal Intervention
10
2 per 100,000*
2001

Total: 113 		Unintentional Injury
34
7 per 100,000 		Cancer
16
3 per 100,000* 		Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases (CLRD)
9
2 per 100,000* 		Birth Defects
7
1 per 100,000*
Homicide and Legal Intervention
9
2 per 100,000*

*Rates based on fewer than 20 events in the numerator are unstable.