Table 38: Selected Causes of Death by Resident County

Vital Statistics of New York State 2004

  Cause of Death
County Total Diseases
of the
Heart
Malignant
Neoplasms
Cerebro-
vascular
Disease
AIDS Pneumonia CLRD1 Total
Accidents
Diabetes
Mellitus
Homicide
and Legal
Intervention
Cirrhosis
of the
Liver
New York State
New York State 151,455 52,131 35,859 6,855 1,722 5,613 6,742 3,927 3,916 877 1,276
New York City
New York City 56,065 22,430 12,651 1,822 1,414 2,944 1,699 1,078 1,715 567 484
Bronx 9,598 3,427 2,022 333 462 428 321 200 379 139 122
Kings 17,314 7,226 3,693 510 449 904 446 319 572 233 131
New York 10,688 3,534 2,600 428 333 720 358 184 282 79 81
Queens 14,945 6,737 3,472 466 135 613 423 309 378 107 124
Richmond 3,520 1,506 864 85 35 279 151 66 104 9 26
Rest of State
Rest of State 95,390 29,701 23,208 5,033 308 2,669 5,043 2,849 2,201 310 792
Albany 2,800 940 632 155 15 65 138 63 57 10 19
Allegany 454 133 103 26 0 21 29 18 10 0 1
Broome 2,072 599 457 123 6 68 127 64 83 2 17
Cattaraugus 906 344 181 41 0 19 63 29 22 3 8
Cayuga 700 228 155 32 2 29 56 23 13 1 7
Chautauqua 1,426 451 315 77 2 39 93 42 37 0 10
Chemung 901 266 215 42 2 16 67 25 22 1 7
Chenango 550 229 116 17 2 22 35 17 10 0 4
Clinton 625 167 146 46 0 11 36 15 20 0 4
Columbia 707 236 170 36 1 17 33 30 15 2 9
Cortland 424 121 100 35 0 17 26 10 7 0 2
Delaware 526 185 115 26 0 12 21 22 18 0 2
Dutchess 2,243 619 569 120 12 58 127 79 56 5 19
Erie 9,661 2,679 2,260 593 38 281 445 202 275 53 85
Essex 431 110 105 37 1 10 30 15 13 0 4
Franklin 438 117 94 22 2 14 27 26 16 1 7
Fulton 562 175 136 27 0 10 48 20 10 0 8
Genesee 539 170 133 24 0 12 31 21 17 0 0
Greene 527 174 148 23 2 11 31 18 9 1 12
Hamilton 61 19 19 2 0 1 4 2 2 0 1
Herkimer 718 255 151 40 2 16 53 21 14 2 4
Jefferson 928 237 231 41 2 34 74 44 16 3 10
Lewis 220 67 53 11 0 4 16 10 7 0 4
Livingston 468 96 129 28 0 11 40 24 14 1 4
Madison 607 156 151 34 0 21 51 26 8 1 4
Monroe 6,250 1,589 1,552 430 42 187 258 177 117 41 40
Montgomery 629 281 118 36 0 10 26 16 18 3 5
Nassau 10,745 4,277 2,710 438 25 308 383 274 164 23 64
Niagara 2,305 768 540 103 4 64 141 60 38 10 22
Oneida 2,487 762 564 149 7 68 143 73 57 6 19
Onondaga 3,961 999 966 237 14 125 253 165 108 19 33
Ontario 957 253 242 51 0 22 69 28 30 1 5
Orange 2,499 706 636 127 11 77 175 91 63 12 29
Orleans 363 111 71 26 1 7 21 11 10 1 3
Oswego 1,041 292 230 63 0 19 66 39 22 1 8
Otsego 592 155 161 48 1 14 38 23 13 0 2
Putnam 623 208 161 30 1 18 24 21 15 0 10
Rensselaer 1,466 439 371 72 5 30 90 35 33 5 13
Rockland 1,925 660 468 93 8 107 101 48 31 6 11
St Lawrence 1,038 272 266 55 1 38 90 34 26 0 13
Saratoga 1,504 411 417 99 3 50 99 50 26 3 16
Schenectady 1,547 471 339 74 1 50 84 42 41 7 22
Schoharie 298 83 81 14 1 2 21 10 16 0 2
Schuyler 165 51 39 9 0 6 9 0 6 0 2
Seneca 306 93 67 20 0 15 21 12 6 0 2
Steuben 1,027 304 235 47 1 24 75 34 34 4 14
Suffolk 11,211 3,773 2,868 487 37 239 486 364 257 40 100
Sullivan 714 228 189 22 6 11 41 29 18 4 10
Tioga 403 110 99 19 0 10 31 14 12 0 2
Tompkins 574 149 138 36 2 22 30 20 11 1 3
Ulster 1,530 457 386 64 9 39 102 43 36 4 11
Warren 570 150 145 28 1 14 33 16 13 0 5
Washington 575 148 127 40 1 9 49 17 14 0 9
Wayne 820 202 193 51 1 17 59 29 36 1 5
Westchester 7,198 2,369 1,815 377 36 227 286 184 140 32 53
Wyoming 365 101 79 18 0 13 21 17 14 0 4
Yates 208 56 51 12 0 8 17 7 5 0 3
  1. Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease