Table 31c : Death Summary Information by Race/Ethnicity New York City - 2008

Category Total Number(2) Total Percent Race/Ethnicity
White Number White Percent Black Number Black Percent Other Number Other Percent Hispanic Number(3) Hispanic Percent
All Deaths 53,001 100.0 34,696 100.0 14,312 100.0 3,294 100.0 9,140 100.0
Sex
Male 25,371 47.9 16,553 47.7 6,651 46.5 1,795 54.5 4,737 51.8
Female 27,630 52.1 18,143 52.3 7,661 53.5 1,499 45.5 4,403 48.2
Age
< 1 620 1.2 275 0.8 272 1.9 51 1.5 163 1.8
1 - 9 141 0.3 69 0.2 60 0.4 12 0.4 42 0.5
10 - 19 252 0.5 112 0.3 117 0.8 20 0.6 76 0.8
20 - 24 353 0.7 174 0.5 151 1.1 24 0.7 112 1.2
25 - 34 988 1.9 494 1.4 404 2.8 78 2.4 262 2.9
35 - 44 1,834 3.5 956 2.8 717 5.0 130 3.9 539 5.9
45 - 54 4,280 8.1 2,230 6.4 1,679 11.7 291 8.8 1,024 11.2
55 - 64 6,791 12.8 3,958 11.4 2,318 16.2 404 12.3 1,494 16.3
65 - 74 8,644 16.3 5,164 14.9 2,775 19.4 596 18.1 1,762 19.3
75 - 84 13,066 24.7 9,055 26.1 3,028 21.2 827 25.1 1,952 21.4
85+ 16,031 30.2 12,208 35.2 2,791 19.5 861 26.1 1,713 18.7
Cause of Death
Heart Disease 21,064 39.7 14,797 42.6 4,907 34.3 1,107 33.6 2,765 30.3
Mal Neoplasms 12,238 23.1 7,939 22.9 3,278 22.9 885 26.9 2,029 22.2
Cerebrovas Dis 1,560 2.9 906 2.6 499 3.5 135 4.1 274 3.0
AIDS 1,035 2.0 408 1.2 585 4.1 17 0.5 332 3.6
Pneumonia 2,272 4.3 1,522 4.4 546 3.8 168 5.1 400 4.4
CLRD 1,627 3.1 1,143 3.3 386 2.7 83 2.5 286 3.1
Diabetes Mellitus 1,607 3.0 811 2.3 665 4.6 106 3.2 401 4.4
Accidents 1,587 3.0 1,071 3.1 376 2.6 121 3.7 426 4.7
Other 10,011 18.9 6,099 17.6 3,070 21.5 672 20.4 2,227 24.4
Institution
Hospital 33,455 63.2 21,088 60.8 9,638 67.4 2,250 68.3 6,427 70.3
Home/Pub Place 12,246 23.1 8,401 24.2 2,959 20.7 730 22.2 1,777 19.4
Nursing Home 6,530 12.3 4,692 13.5 1,481 10.4 297 9.0 859 9.4
Oth Institution 724 1.4 480 1.4 225 1.6 15 0.5 74 0.8

(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 + Hispanic Black + Hispanic Other + Hispanic Race Not Stated.