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

Total(2) White
AgeCauseCount AgeCauseCount
Total(4) All Causes 147,390 Total(4) All Causes 119,944
Diseases of the Heart 43,262 Diseases of the Heart 35,463
Malignant Neoplasms 35,600 Malignant Neoplasms 28,671
All Other Causes 24,777 All Other Causes 20,938
CLRD 6,986 CLRD 6,198
Cerebrovascular Disease 6,029 Cerebrovascular Disease 4,936
Accidents 5,459 Accidents 4,575
Pneumonia 4,331 Pneumonia 3,404
Diabetes Mellitus 3,970 Diabetes Mellitus 2,762
Alzheimer's Disease 2,623 Alzheimer's Disease 2,339
Septicemia 2,323 Septicemia 1,944
< 1 All Causes 1,215 < 1 All Causes 650
Cond Orig in the Perinatal Period 655 Cond Orig in the Perinatal Period 336
Congenital Anomalies 217 Congenital Anomalies 125
All Other Causes 193 All Other Causes 110
Accidents 40 Accidents 21
SIDS 33 Diseases of the Heart 15
1 - 9 All Causes 290 1 - 9 All Causes 188
All Other Causes 75 All Other Causes 48
Accidents 59 Accidents 46
Malignant Neoplasms 55 Malignant Neoplasms 40
Congenital Anomalies 29 Congenital Anomalies 17
Diseases of the Heart 15 Diseases of the Heart 9
10 - 19 All Causes 565 10 - 19 All Causes 364
Accidents 166 Accidents 130
Suicide 91 Suicide 74
All Other Causes 88 All Other Causes 53
Malignant Neoplasms 54 Malignant Neoplasms 40
Congenital Anomalies 24 Congenital Anomalies 11
20 - 24 All Causes 927 20 - 24 All Causes 617
Accidents 341 Accidents 290
All Other Causes 137 Suicide 100
Suicide 124 All Other Causes 93
Malignant Neoplasms 59 Malignant Neoplasms 35
Diseases of the Heart 28 Diseases of the Heart 19
25 - 44 All Causes 5,341 25 - 44 All Causes 3,612
Accidents 1,247 Accidents 1,012
All Other Causes 946 All Other Causes 646
Malignant Neoplasms 893 Malignant Neoplasms 592
Diseases of the Heart 598 Suicide 400
Suicide 495 Diseases of the Heart 381
45 - 64 All Causes 26,858 45 - 64 All Causes 19,540
Malignant Neoplasms 9,248 Malignant Neoplasms 6,871
Diseases of the Heart 5,844 Diseases of the Heart 4,101
All Other Causes 3,931 All Other Causes 2,925
Accidents 1,543 Accidents 1,222
Diabetes Mellitus 889 Cirrhosis of Liver 686
65 - 74 All Causes 23,571 65 - 74 All Causes 18,338
Malignant Neoplasms 8,866 Malignant Neoplasms 7,088
Diseases of the Heart 5,786 Diseases of the Heart 4,322
All Other Causes 2,923 All Other Causes 2,375
CLRD 1,442 CLRD 1,269
Diabetes Mellitus 810 Cerebrovascular Disease 566
75 - 84 All Causes 36,310 75 - 84 All Causes 30,447
Diseases of the Heart 10,546 Diseases of the Heart 8,651
Malignant Neoplasms 9,790 Malignant Neoplasms 8,232
All Other Causes 5,783 All Other Causes 4,977
CLRD 2,315 CLRD 2,122
Cerebrovascular Disease 1,703 Cerebrovascular Disease 1,430
85+ All Causes 52,313 85+ All Causes 46,188
Diseases of the Heart 20,402 Diseases of the Heart 17,955
All Other Causes 10,701 All Other Causes 9,711
Malignant Neoplasms 6,632 Malignant Neoplasms 5,770
Cerebrovascular Disease 2,686 Cerebrovascular Disease 2,387
CLRD 2,308 CLRD 2,087
Black Hispanic(3)
AgeCauseCount AgeCauseCount
Total(4) All Causes 20,487 Total(4) All Causes 11,954
Diseases of the Heart 5,975 Diseases of the Heart 3,084
Malignant Neoplasms 5,040 Malignant Neoplasms 2,821
All Other Causes 2,835 All Other Causes 1,869
Diabetes Mellitus 944 Accidents 634
Cerebrovascular Disease 768 Pneumonia 467
Pneumonia 671 Diabetes Mellitus 464
CLRD 601 Cerebrovascular Disease 436
Accidents 598 CLRD 352
Hypertension 460 Cirrhosis of Liver 259
AIDS 432 Alzheimer's Disease 206
< 1 All Causes 370 < 1 All Causes 248
Cond Orig in the Perinatal Period 218 Cond Orig in the Perinatal Period 135
All Other Causes 53 Congenital Anomalies 51
Congenital Anomalies 49 All Other Causes 37
SIDS 17 Diseases of the Heart 6
Accidents 13 Accidents 6
1 - 9 All Causes 72 1 - 9 All Causes 61
All Other Causes 19 All Other Causes 15
Accidents 12 Accidents 14
Malignant Neoplasms 9 Malignant Neoplasms 8
Congenital Anomalies 6 Congenital Anomalies 8
CLRD 5 Cerebrovascular Disease 3
Cond Orig in the Perinatal Period 3
10 - 19 All Causes 153 10 - 19 All Causes 109
All Other Causes 25 Accidents 30
Accidents 24 Suicide 18
CLRD 10 All Other Causes 16
Congenital Anomalies 10 Malignant Neoplasms 12
Suicide 10 Diseases of the Heart 3
CLRD 3
Congenital Anomalies 3
20 - 24 All Causes 247 20 - 24 All Causes 168
All Other Causes 37 Accidents 59
Accidents 30 All Other Causes 21
Malignant Neoplasms 17 Suicide 20
Suicide 14 Malignant Neoplasms 11
AIDS 8 AIDS 3
Diseases of the Heart 3
Cerebrovascular Disease 3
25 - 44 All Causes 1,301 25 - 44 All Causes 924
All Other Causes 232 Accidents 222
Malignant Neoplasms 198 All Other Causes 152
Diseases of the Heart 174 Malignant Neoplasms 150
Accidents 159 Diseases of the Heart 93
AIDS 88 Suicide 61
45 - 64 All Causes 5,698 45 - 64 All Causes 3,025
Malignant Neoplasms 1,773 Malignant Neoplasms 904
Diseases of the Heart 1,403 Diseases of the Heart 595
All Other Causes 800 All Other Causes 465
AIDS 269 Accidents 198
Diabetes Mellitus 240 Cirrhosis of Liver 153
65 - 74 All Causes 4,019 65 - 74 All Causes 2,163
Malignant Neoplasms 1,351 Malignant Neoplasms 747
Diseases of the Heart 1,158 Diseases of the Heart 573
All Other Causes 387 All Other Causes 265
Diabetes Mellitus 213 Diabetes Mellitus 105
Cerebrovascular Disease 154 Pneumonia 85
75 - 84 All Causes 4,239 75 - 84 All Causes 2,649
Diseases of the Heart 1,431 Diseases of the Heart 830
Malignant Neoplasms 1,078 Malignant Neoplasms 639
All Other Causes 571 All Other Causes 413
Diabetes Mellitus 239 Pneumonia 141
Cerebrovascular Disease 194 Diabetes Mellitus 125
85+ All Causes 4,388 85+ All Causes 2,607
Diseases of the Heart 1,788 Diseases of the Heart 979
All Other Causes 711 All Other Causes 485
Malignant Neoplasms 607 Malignant Neoplasms 350
Pneumonia 226 Pneumonia 151
Diabetes Mellitus 198 Alzheimer's Disease 141

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.