Table 31c : Death Summary Information by Race/Ethnicity New York City - 2012
| Category | Total Number(2) | Total Percent | Race(1)/Ethnicity | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Number | White Percent | Black Number | Black Percent | Other Number | Other Percent | Hispanic Number(3) | Hispanic Percent | ||||||
| All Deaths | 50,942 | 100.0 | 31,531 | 100.0 | 14,060 | 100.0 | 4,680 | 100.0 | 9,292 | 100.0 | |||
| Sex | |||||||||||||
| Male | 24,616 | 48.3 | 15,191 | 48.2 | 6,525 | 46.4 | 2,510 | 53.6 | 4,758 | 51.2 | |||
| Female | 26,326 | 51.7 | 16,340 | 51.8 | 7,535 | 53.6 | 2,170 | 46.4 | 4,534 | 48.8 | |||
| Age | |||||||||||||
| < 1 | 535 | 1.1 | 204 | 0.6 | 202 | 1.4 | 84 | 1.8 | 158 | 1.7 | |||
| 1 - 9 | 120 | 0.2 | 58 | 0.2 | 44 | 0.3 | 15 | 0.3 | 34 | 0.4 | |||
| 10 - 19 | 206 | 0.4 | 77 | 0.2 | 97 | 0.7 | 28 | 0.6 | 66 | 0.7 | |||
| 20 - 24 | 337 | 0.7 | 156 | 0.5 | 146 | 1.0 | 32 | 0.7 | 101 | 1.1 | |||
| 25 - 34 | 862 | 1.7 | 427 | 1.4 | 323 | 2.3 | 97 | 2.1 | 257 | 2.8 | |||
| 35 - 44 | 1,438 | 2.8 | 690 | 2.2 | 539 | 3.8 | 187 | 4.0 | 384 | 4.1 | |||
| 45 - 54 | 3,820 | 7.5 | 1,844 | 5.8 | 1,490 | 10.6 | 397 | 8.5 | 914 | 9.8 | |||
| 55 - 64 | 6,729 | 13.2 | 3,611 | 11.5 | 2,376 | 16.9 | 638 | 13.6 | 1,426 | 15.3 | |||
| 65 - 74 | 8,565 | 16.8 | 4,867 | 15.4 | 2,775 | 19.7 | 798 | 17.1 | 1,736 | 18.7 | |||
| 75 - 84 | 11,923 | 23.4 | 7,754 | 24.6 | 2,892 | 20.6 | 1,145 | 24.5 | 2,139 | 23.0 | |||
| 85+ | 16,407 | 32.2 | 11,843 | 37.6 | 3,176 | 22.6 | 1,259 | 26.9 | 2,077 | 22.4 | |||
| Cause of Death | |||||||||||||
| Heart Disease | 16,523 | 32.4 | 10,820 | 34.3 | 4,302 | 30.6 | 1,191 | 25.4 | 2,500 | 26.9 | |||
| Mal Neoplasms | 12,595 | 24.7 | 7,588 | 24.1 | 3,518 | 25.0 | 1,382 | 29.5 | 2,209 | 23.8 | |||
| Cerebrovas Dis | 1,656 | 3.3 | 958 | 3.0 | 453 | 3.2 | 221 | 4.7 | 305 | 3.3 | |||
| AIDS | 584 | 1.1 | 194 | 0.6 | 354 | 2.5 | 20 | 0.4 | 143 | 1.5 | |||
| Pneumonia | 2,259 | 4.4 | 1,486 | 4.7 | 547 | 3.9 | 205 | 4.4 | 412 | 4.4 | |||
| CLRD | 1,663 | 3.3 | 1,124 | 3.6 | 395 | 2.8 | 116 | 2.5 | 292 | 3.1 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 1,765 | 3.5 | 849 | 2.7 | 714 | 5.1 | 176 | 3.8 | 390 | 4.2 | |||
| Accidents | 1,613 | 3.2 | 1,047 | 3.3 | 370 | 2.6 | 168 | 3.6 | 405 | 4.4 | |||
| Other | 12,284 | 24.1 | 7,465 | 23.7 | 3,407 | 24.2 | 1,201 | 25.7 | 2,636 | 28.4 | |||
| Institution | |||||||||||||
| Hospital | 29,551 | 58.0 | 17,387 | 55.2 | 8,893 | 63.3 | 2,919 | 62.4 | 5,884 | 63.3 | |||
| Home/Pub Place | 11,560 | 22.7 | 7,782 | 24.7 | 2,722 | 19.4 | 873 | 18.7 | 1,788 | 19.2 | |||
| Nursing Home | 7,860 | 15.4 | 5,092 | 16.2 | 2,003 | 14.2 | 655 | 14.0 | 1,193 | 12.8 | |||
| Hospice | 1,253 | 2.5 | 833 | 2.6 | 250 | 1.8 | 157 | 3.4 | 248 | 2.7 | |||
| Oth Institution | 711 | 1.4 | 431 | 1.4 | 191 | 1.4 | 76 | 1.6 | 179 | 1.9 | |||
| Type of Disposition | |||||||||||||
| Burial | 33,264 | 65.3 | 20,724 | 65.7 | 9,165 | 65.2 | 2,924 | 62.5 | 5,760 | 62.0 | |||
| Cremation | 15,765 | 30.9 | 9,259 | 29.4 | 4,603 | 32.7 | 1,707 | 36.5 | 3,388 | 36.5 | |||
| Other/Unknown | 1,913 | 3.8 | 1,548 | 4.9 | 292 | 2.1 | 49 | 1.0 | 144 | 1.5 | |||
(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.
