Table 37: Deaths by Resident County and Race/Ethnicity
New York State 1997

County Total1 White Black Other Not Stated Hispanic2

New York State 157,975 132,609 21,761 2,690 915 9,391
New York City 61,878 42,942 15,966 2,164 806 7,932
Bronx 10,617 6,970 3,356 113 178 2,484
Kings 19,103 12,398 6,026 451 228 1,980
New York 12,151 8,123 3,250 582 196 2,021
Queens 16,601 12,409 3,088 946 158 1,315
Richmond 3,406 3,042 246 72 46 132
Rest of State 96,097 89,667 5,795 526 109 1,459
Albany 2,842 2,613 217 8 4 20
Allegany 477 476 0 1 0 1
Broome 2,084 2,058 21 4 1 8
Cattaraugus 875 852 1 22 0 4
Cayuga 809 794 12 2 1 0
Chautauqua 1,490 1,473 14 2 1 12
Chemung 977 941 35 0 1 3
Chenango 531 528 2 0 1 1
Clinton 652 638 5 3 6 1
Columbia 690 666 23 0 1 5
Cortland 436 431 3 1 1 2
Delaware 549 542 5 2 0 2
Dutchess 2,133 1,978 144 9 2 33
Erie 10,138 8,998 1,088 47 5 95
Essex 440 436 1 1 2 0
Franklin 450 435 0 15 0 2
Fulton 598 589 9 0 0 1
Genesee 566 542 16 8 0 2
Greene 486 472 14 0 0 9
Hamilton 54 54 0 0 0 0
Herkimer 719 718 1 0 0 0
Jefferson 901 896 4 1 0 3
Lewis 217 216 0 1 0 1
Livingston 486 478 8 0 0 1
Madison 523 513 7 3 0 1
Monroe 6,149 5,474 639 34 2 108
Montgomery 597 594 2 1 0 9
Nassau 10,989 9,990 867 109 23 269
Niagara 2,292 2,154 117 21 0 8
Oneida 2,567 2,489 71 6 1 16
Onondaga 4,040 3,755 241 43 1 29
Ontario 916 894 18 3 1 8
Orange 2,455 2,296 148 9 2 72
Orleans 385 365 17 2 1 3
Oswego 1,011 1,007 3 1 0 1
Otsego 602 595 3 3 1 1
Putnam 587 580 6 1 0 7
Rensselaer 1,477 1,434 42 0 1 2
Rockland 1,951 1,780 145 22 4 51
St Lawrence 1,051 1,045 3 2 1 1
Saratoga 1,399 1,370 24 4 1 7
Schenectady 1,619 1,565 49 4 1 17
Schoharie 320 319 1 0 0 5
Schuyler 178 177 1 0 0 0
Seneca 311 308 2 1 0 0
Steuben 964 952 9 1 2 3
Suffolk 10,817 10,117 632 49 19 312
Sullivan 706 651 51 3 1 17
Tioga 431 430 0 1 0 5
Tompkins 593 574 14 5 0 1
Ulster 1,559 1,502 54 2 1 28
Warren 607 599 5 2 1 1
Washington 539 537 1 0 1 4
Wayne 722 700 21 1 0 3
Westchester 7,528 6,469 976 65 18 260
Wyoming 342 339 2 1 0 3
Yates 270 269 1 0 0 1

1 Total Deaths = White + Black + Other + Not Stated
2 Hispanic Deaths is a separate count equal to Hispanic White + Hispanic Black + Hispanic Other + Hispanic Not Stated

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