Table 38: Selected Causes of Death by Resident County New York State - 2010

County Total Cause of Death
Diseases of the Heart1 Malignant Neoplasms Cerebrovascular Disease AIDS Pneumonia CLRD2 Total Accidents Diabetes Mellitus Homicide/Legal Intervention Cirrhosis of the Liver Suicide
New York State
New York State 144,913 44,557 35,092 6,120 984 4,569 6,775 4,720 3,606 889 1,417 1,513
New York City
New York City 50,852 17,669 12,408 1,599 802 2,411 1,723 1,398 1,673 533 493 457
Bronx 8,777 2,782 1,973 266 255 444 368 249 327 138 99 56
Kings 15,505 5,389 3,743 484 263 746 462 414 577 218 150 118
New York 9,625 2,948 2,535 311 172 412 337 258 281 50 88 104
Queens 13,657 5,212 3,319 476 85 665 420 359 384 105 133 152
Richmond 3,288 1,338 838 62 27 144 136 118 104 22 23 27
Rest of State
Rest of State 94,061 26,888 22,684 4,521 182 2,158 5,052 3,322 1,933 356 924 1,056
Albany 2,570 672 629 116 9 55 149 68 42 5 29 24
Allegany 417 115 93 25 0 17 33 24 7 0 7 2
Broome 2,024 549 442 117 6 54 109 80 72 8 20 18
Cattaraugus 870 321 193 39 0 11 66 34 17 1 15 6
Cayuga 731 190 171 42 0 25 40 30 14 0 8 12
Chautauqua 1,440 389 315 95 1 25 101 50 41 4 15 19
Chemung 926 243 212 56 1 24 68 37 16 1 12 6
Chenango 552 203 121 28 0 10 40 19 5 0 9 8
Clinton 652 142 185 26 0 9 44 26 16 3 8 7
Columbia 690 219 166 33 0 13 48 16 17 2 10 7
Cortland 426 100 106 17 1 14 24 15 14 1 0 9
Delaware 529 177 110 21 1 10 41 22 13 1 3 10
Dutchess 2,215 590 547 98 3 45 121 90 39 14 24 38
Erie 9,283 2,392 2,131 565 27 199 473 261 213 59 79 103
Essex 379 99 95 20 0 8 18 15 16 1 5 5
Franklin 409 105 100 22 0 7 33 17 8 0 6 8
Fulton 561 163 120 29 0 10 57 22 6 2 5 7
Genesee 599 163 151 19 1 13 34 22 18 0 1 12
Greene 524 149 124 24 1 17 24 18 8 0 9 7
Hamilton 53 15 18 4 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 0
Herkimer 612 194 117 35 0 14 31 15 15 0 9 11
Jefferson 907 290 191 52 1 9 59 34 17 4 8 15
Lewis 251 49 66 17 0 3 24 9 9 0 2 6
Livingston 540 126 135 34 0 16 42 25 15 0 4 3
Madison 604 122 159 42 0 7 42 31 10 0 4 7
Monroe 6,247 1,469 1,486 352 11 171 238 224 95 50 46 63
Montgomery 569 198 116 27 0 11 26 16 12 0 6 6
Nassau 10,598 4,135 2,539 398 24 259 417 350 174 35 87 87
Niagara 2,250 721 517 103 0 35 130 79 50 6 32 24
Oneida 2,450 658 534 139 6 48 153 72 61 7 22 21
Onondaga 4,018 887 1,012 214 7 102 207 170 76 20 39 35
Ontario 985 229 213 54 1 28 60 33 21 0 9 11
Orange 2,457 660 592 86 8 69 139 104 44 16 28 23
Orleans 386 128 92 17 1 6 19 13 3 0 1 3
Oswego 1,029 248 281 54 3 23 74 39 28 4 9 11
Otsego 616 168 158 25 0 9 47 25 19 0 8 6
Putnam 629 207 157 25 1 13 25 17 15 2 6 9
Rensselaer 1,465 400 357 77 2 21 112 49 33 4 21 12
Rockland 1,956 661 478 76 2 63 91 47 28 1 11 19
St Lawrence 1,012 292 215 43 0 18 85 41 20 2 13 14
Saratoga 1,574 429 415 93 2 31 111 39 29 2 20 24
Schenectady 1,462 406 354 61 1 38 86 33 36 11 16 11
Schoharie 267 76 80 13 0 5 17 6 8 0 1 2
Schuyler 226 54 61 12 0 6 18 4 9 0 4 2
Seneca 336 70 78 15 0 5 29 11 8 1 2 1
Steuben 986 260 218 49 0 20 71 43 21 3 9 15
Suffolk 11,135 3,273 2,771 446 21 266 519 525 232 56 101 132
Sullivan 710 206 169 26 3 11 40 27 21 2 7 13
Tioga 402 95 105 20 1 6 20 20 11 0 3 7
Tompkins 668 157 150 38 2 16 36 32 14 4 14 8
Ulster 1,513 396 431 60 4 33 88 50 38 3 10 22
Warren 625 162 176 34 1 11 39 10 12 1 9 11
Washington 599 131 150 32 0 7 48 33 11 0 4 11
Wayne 808 197 182 34 1 24 50 26 24 0 8 11
Westchester 6,706 1,980 1,756 298 27 173 290 182 117 20 73 76
Wyoming 383 94 91 16 0 10 25 16 12 0 5 13
Yates 229 64 53 8 1 4 20 5 2 0 4 3

1 The sharp decline in heart disease in New York City is likely attributed to a hospital-level intervention to improve the accuracy of cause of death reporting on death certificates.

2 Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease