Table 31: Death Summary Information by Race/Ethnicity

Vital Statistics of New York State 2004

  Race1 Ethnicity
  Total
Number2
Total
Percent
White
Number
White
Percent
Black
Number
Black
Percent
Other
Number
Other
Percent
Hispanic
Numbers3
Hispanic
Percent
All Deaths 151,455 100.0 124,026 100.0 20,975 100.0 4,699 100.0 10,614 100.0
Sex
Male 71,371 47.1 57,952 46.7 9,989 47.6 2,542 54.1 5,617 52.9
Female 80,082 52.9 66,072 53.3 10,986 52.4 2,157 45.9 4,997 47.1
Not Stated 2 0.0 2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Age
< 1 1,502 1.0 813 0.7 504 2.4 137 2.9 274 2.6
1 - 9 359 0.2 212 0.2 97 0.5 40 0.9 65 0.6
10 - 19 791 0.5 520 0.4 199 0.9 57 1.2 139 1.3
20 - 24 878 0.6 566 0.5 246 1.2 55 1.2 169 1.6
25 - 34 1,994 1.3 1,247 1.0 588 2.8 131 2.8 360 3.4
35 - 44 4,836 3.2 3,191 2.6 1,342 6.4 233 5.0 802 7.6
45 - 54 10,420 6.9 7,153 5.8 2,602 12.4 489 10.4 1,350 12.7
55 - 64 16,126 10.7 12,048 9.7 3,260 15.6 595 12.7 1,563 14.7
65 - 74 24,346 16.1 19,184 15.5 3,907 18.6 920 19.6 1,936 18.2
75 - 84 43,550 28.8 37,249 30.0 4,737 22.6 1,135 24.2 2,195 20.7
85+ 46,563 30.8 41,781 33.7 3,472 16.6 904 19.3 1,757 16.6
Cause of Death
Heart Dise 52,131 34.4 43,383 35.0 6,671 31.8 1,451 30.9 3,051 28.7
Mal Neopla 35,859 23.7 29,587 23.9 4,712 22.5 1,177 25.0 2,280 21.5
Cerebrovas 6,855 4.5 5,703 4.6 820 3.9 261 5.6 433 4.1
AIDS 1,722 1.1 690 0.6 931 4.4 34 0.7 449 4.2
Pneumonia 5,613 3.7 4,506 3.6 799 3.8 208 4.4 483 4.6
CLRD 6,742 4.5 6,040 4.9 535 2.6 113 2.4 300 2.8
Accidents 3,927 2.6 3,256 2.6 428 2.0 206 4.4 380 3.6
Institution
Hospital 85,069 56.3 66,352 53.6 14,199 67.9 3,326 70.9 7,485 70.6
Home/Pub Place 33,826 22.4 28,634 23.1 3,914 18.7 933 19.9 2,007 18.9
Nursing Home 26,204 17.3 23,391 18.9 2,239 10.7 368 7.8 939 8.9
Oth Institution 6,010 4.0 5,362 4.3 574 2.7 63 1.3 167 1.6
  1. Race coding based on 2000 Census categories: White Alone, Black Alone, Other, Not Stated.
  2. Total Deaths includes deaths with race "Not Stated".
  3. Hispanic is a separate count equal to Hispanic White Alone + Hispanic Black Alone + Hispanic Other + Hispanic Race Not Stated.