Table 34c : Leading Causes of Death by Age and Race(1)/Ethnicity New York City - 2012

Total(2) White
AgeCauseCount AgeCauseCount
Total(4) All Causes 50,942 Total(4) All Causes 31,531
Diseases of the Heart 16,523 Diseases of the Heart 10,820
Malignant Neoplasms 12,595 Malignant Neoplasms 7,588
All Other Causes 7,035 All Other Causes 4,528
Pneumonia 2,259 Pneumonia 1,486
Diabetes Mellitus 1,765 CLRD 1,124
CLRD 1,663 Accidents 1,047
Cerebrovascular Disease 1,656 Cerebrovascular Disease 958
Accidents 1,614 Diabetes Mellitus 849
Hypertension 956 Alzheimer's Disease 487
Alzheimer's Disease 695 Hypertension 482
< 1 All Causes 535 < 1 All Causes 204
Cond Orig in the Perinatal Period 298 Cond Orig in the Perinatal Period 113
Congenital Anomalies 105 All Other Causes 40
All Other Causes 86 Congenital Anomalies 37
Accidents 13 Septicemia 3
Diseases of the Heart 5 Cerebrovascular Disease 3
Nephritis, Neph Syndrome et al 5
1 - 9 All Causes 120 1 - 9 All Causes 58
All Other Causes 29 Accidents 15
Accidents 20 All Other Causes 15
Malignant Neoplasms 18 Malignant Neoplasms 9
Congenital Anomalies 17 Congenital Anomalies 7
Diseases of the Heart 6 Diseases of the Heart 2
CLRD 6 Cond Orig in the Perinatal Period 2
10 - 19 All Causes 206 10 - 19 All Causes 77
Accidents 39 Suicide 18
All Other Causes 31 Accidents 15
Suicide 25 All Other Causes 9
Malignant Neoplasms 16 Malignant Neoplasms 5
CLRD 14 CLRD 4
20 - 24 All Causes 337 20 - 24 All Causes 156
Accidents 89 Accidents 64
All Other Causes 44 Suicide 26
Suicide 37 All Other Causes 16
Malignant Neoplasms 29 Malignant Neoplasms 13
AIDS 9 Diseases of the Heart 3
Diseases of the Heart 9 Cerebrovascular Disease 3
25 - 44 All Causes 2,300 25 - 44 All Causes 1,117
Accidents 434 Accidents 288
Malignant Neoplasms 421 Malignant Neoplasms 205
All Other Causes 396 All Other Causes 182
Diseases of the Heart 254 Diseases of the Heart 111
Suicide 166 Suicide 103
45 - 64 All Causes 10,549 45 - 64 All Causes 5,455
Malignant Neoplasms 3,509 Malignant Neoplasms 1,833
Diseases of the Heart 2,434 Diseases of the Heart 1,213
All Other Causes 1,485 All Other Causes 838
Accidents 558 Accidents 328
Diabetes Mellitus 410 Cirrhosis of Liver 190
65 - 74 All Causes 8,565 65 - 74 All Causes 4,867
Malignant Neoplasms 3,092 Malignant Neoplasms 1,821
Diseases of the Heart 2,473 Diseases of the Heart 1,416
All Other Causes 901 All Other Causes 529
Diabetes Mellitus 365 CLRD 221
CLRD 338 Diabetes Mellitus 167
75 - 84 All Causes 11,923 75 - 84 All Causes 7,754
Diseases of the Heart 4,054 Diseases of the Heart 2,662
Malignant Neoplasms 3,292 Malignant Neoplasms 2,140
All Other Causes 1,485 All Other Causes 979
Pneumonia 612 Pneumonia 418
CLRD 508 CLRD 373
85+ All Causes 16,407 85+ All Causes 11,843
Diseases of the Heart 7,278 Diseases of the Heart 5,408
All Other Causes 2,578 All Other Causes 1,920
Malignant Neoplasms 2,218 Malignant Neoplasms 1,562
Pneumonia 1,080 Pneumonia 788
Cerebrovascular Disease 628 Cerebrovascular Disease 424
Black Hispanic(3)
AgeCauseCount AgeCauseCount
Total(4) All Causes 14,060 Total(4) All Causes 9,292
Diseases of the Heart 4,302 Diseases of the Heart 2,500
Malignant Neoplasms 3,518 Malignant Neoplasms 2,209
All Other Causes 1,762 All Other Causes 1,424
Diabetes Mellitus 714 Pneumonia 412
Pneumonia 547 Accidents 405
Cerebrovascular Disease 453 Diabetes Mellitus 390
CLRD 395 Cerebrovascular Disease 305
Accidents 370 CLRD 292
Hypertension 360 Cirrhosis of Liver 192
AIDS 354 Hypertension 186
< 1 All Causes 202 < 1 All Causes 158
Cond Orig in the Perinatal Period 115 Cond Orig in the Perinatal Period 83
Congenital Anomalies 35 Congenital Anomalies 35
All Other Causes 31 All Other Causes 26
Accidents 7 Accidents 4
Pneumonia 3 Septicemia 2
Diseases of the Heart 2
Cerebrovascular Disease 2
SIDS 2
1 - 9 All Causes 44 1 - 9 All Causes 34
All Other Causes 10 Accidents 9
Congenital Anomalies 6 All Other Causes 6
Malignant Neoplasms 5 Malignant Neoplasms 5
CLRD 5 Congenital Anomalies 5
Accidents 5 Cerebrovascular Disease 2
10 - 19 All Causes 97 10 - 19 All Causes 66
All Other Causes 17 Accidents 15
Accidents 13 Suicide 10
CLRD 9 All Other Causes 8
Diseases of the Heart 7 Malignant Neoplasms 6
Malignant Neoplasms 5 Diseases of the Heart 3
Congenital Anomalies 5 CLRD 3
Suicide 5
20 - 24 All Causes 146 20 - 24 All Causes 101
All Other Causes 24 Accidents 31
Accidents 16 All Other Causes 14
Malignant Neoplasms 12 Suicide 13
AIDS 7 Malignant Neoplasms 7
CLRD 6 AIDS 2
Cerebrovascular Disease 2
Congenital Anomalies 2
25 - 44 All Causes 862 25 - 44 All Causes 641
All Other Causes 158 Accidents 135
Malignant Neoplasms 138 Malignant Neoplasms 117
Diseases of the Heart 112 All Other Causes 112
Accidents 100 Diseases of the Heart 60
AIDS 73 Suicide 36
45 - 64 All Causes 3,866 45 - 64 All Causes 2,340
Malignant Neoplasms 1,213 Malignant Neoplasms 680
Diseases of the Heart 974 Diseases of the Heart 468
All Other Causes 496 All Other Causes 372
AIDS 215 Accidents 139
Diabetes Mellitus 179 Cirrhosis of Liver 113
65 - 74 All Causes 2,775 65 - 74 All Causes 1,736
Malignant Neoplasms 936 Malignant Neoplasms 586
Diseases of the Heart 825 Diseases of the Heart 489
All Other Causes 250 All Other Causes 208
Diabetes Mellitus 154 Diabetes Mellitus 87
Pneumonia 99 Pneumonia 79
75 - 84 All Causes 2,892 75 - 84 All Causes 2,139
Diseases of the Heart 1,032 Diseases of the Heart 687
Malignant Neoplasms 760 Malignant Neoplasms 524
All Other Causes 330 All Other Causes 314
Diabetes Mellitus 177 Pneumonia 123
Pneumonia 142 Diabetes Mellitus 110
85+ All Causes 3,176 85+ All Causes 2,077
Diseases of the Heart 1,346 Diseases of the Heart 789
Malignant Neoplasms 449 All Other Causes 364
All Other Causes 446 Malignant Neoplasms 284
Pneumonia 193 Pneumonia 136
Diabetes Mellitus 166 Alzheimer's Disease 118

1 Race coding based on 2000 Census categories: White Alone, Black Alone, Other, Not Stated.

2 Total Deaths = White Alone + Black Alone + Other + Not Stated

3 Hispanic is a separate count equal to Hispanic White Alone+ Hispanic Black Alone + Hispanic Other + Hispanic Race Not Stated

4 Total includes records with Age Not Stated.