Table 31a : Death Summary Information by Race/Ethnicity New York State - 2015
| 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 | 153,623 | 100.0 | 122,306 | 100.0 | 20,894 | 100.0 | 8,429 | 100.0 | 13,486 | 100.0 | |||
| Sex | |||||||||||||
| Male | 75,077 | 48.9 | 59,340 | 48.5 | 10,064 | 48.2 | 4,552 | 54.0 | 6,985 | 51.8 | |||
| Female | 78,533 | 51.1 | 62,954 | 51.5 | 10,830 | 51.8 | 3,876 | 46.0 | 6,499 | 48.2 | |||
| Not Stated | 13 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | |||
| Age | |||||||||||||
| < 1 | 1,079 | 0.7 | 559 | 0.5 | 321 | 1.5 | 135 | 1.6 | 205 | 1.5 | |||
| 1 - 9 | 277 | 0.2 | 166 | 0.1 | 70 | 0.3 | 35 | 0.4 | 57 | 0.4 | |||
| 10 - 19 | 519 | 0.3 | 318 | 0.3 | 135 | 0.6 | 53 | 0.6 | 83 | 0.6 | |||
| 20 - 24 | 974 | 0.6 | 627 | 0.5 | 213 | 1.0 | 107 | 1.3 | 199 | 1.5 | |||
| 25 - 34 | 2,447 | 1.6 | 1,649 | 1.3 | 544 | 2.6 | 196 | 2.3 | 413 | 3.1 | |||
| 35 - 44 | 3,397 | 2.2 | 2,259 | 1.8 | 753 | 3.6 | 305 | 3.6 | 589 | 4.4 | |||
| 45 - 54 | 8,963 | 5.8 | 6,140 | 5.0 | 2,002 | 9.6 | 638 | 7.6 | 1,259 | 9.3 | |||
| 55 - 64 | 17,961 | 11.7 | 12,999 | 10.6 | 3,591 | 17.2 | 1,100 | 13.1 | 1,918 | 14.2 | |||
| 65 - 74 | 26,046 | 17.0 | 19,930 | 16.3 | 4,228 | 20.2 | 1,532 | 18.2 | 2,457 | 18.2 | |||
| 75 - 84 | 36,003 | 23.4 | 29,069 | 23.8 | 4,452 | 21.3 | 2,087 | 24.8 | 2,953 | 21.9 | |||
| 85+ | 55,943 | 36.4 | 48,582 | 39.7 | 4,583 | 21.9 | 2,238 | 26.6 | 3,350 | 24.8 | |||
| Cause of Death | |||||||||||||
| Heart Disease | 44,141 | 28.7 | 35,227 | 28.8 | 6,218 | 29.8 | 2,160 | 25.6 | 3,458 | 25.6 | |||
| Mal Neoplasms | 34,795 | 22.6 | 27,481 | 22.5 | 4,845 | 23.2 | 2,109 | 25.0 | 3,022 | 22.4 | |||
| Cerebrovas Dis | 6,216 | 4.0 | 4,965 | 4.1 | 794 | 3.8 | 374 | 4.4 | 537 | 4.0 | |||
| AIDS | 578 | 0.4 | 219 | 0.2 | 314 | 1.5 | 19 | 0.2 | 139 | 1.0 | |||
| Pneumonia | 4,508 | 2.9 | 3,517 | 2.9 | 629 | 3.0 | 300 | 3.6 | 470 | 3.5 | |||
| CLRD | 7,066 | 4.6 | 6,168 | 5.0 | 591 | 2.8 | 227 | 2.7 | 438 | 3.2 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 4,003 | 2.6 | 2,680 | 2.2 | 960 | 4.6 | 296 | 3.5 | 496 | 3.7 | |||
| Accidents | 6,372 | 4.1 | 5,168 | 4.2 | 700 | 3.4 | 347 | 4.1 | 796 | 5.9 | |||
| Other | 45,944 | 29.9 | 36,881 | 30.2 | 5,843 | 28.0 | 2,597 | 30.8 | 4,130 | 30.6 | |||
| Institution | |||||||||||||
| Hospital | 72,085 | 47.2 | 54,200 | 44.3 | 12,442 | 59.6 | 4,715 | 57.0 | 7,760 | 57.6 | |||
| Home/Pub Place | 39,312 | 25.7 | 33,113 | 27.1 | 4,229 | 20.2 | 1,690 | 20.4 | 2,877 | 21.4 | |||
| Nursing Home | 29,641 | 19.4 | 25,272 | 20.7 | 3,034 | 14.5 | 1,058 | 12.8 | 1,747 | 13.0 | |||
| Hospice | 8,857 | 5.8 | 7,319 | 6.0 | 821 | 3.9 | 644 | 7.8 | 720 | 5.3 | |||
| Oth Institution | 2,921 | 1.9 | 2,379 | 1.9 | 360 | 1.7 | 162 | 2.0 | 367 | 2.7 | |||
| Type of Disposition | |||||||||||||
| Burial | 78,592 | 51.2 | 61,349 | 50.2 | 12,305 | 58.9 | 4,460 | 52.9 | 7,428 | 55.1 | |||
| Cremation | 63,884 | 41.6 | 52,146 | 42.6 | 7,732 | 37.0 | 3,511 | 41.7 | 5,499 | 40.8 | |||
| Other/Unknown | 11,147 | 7.3 | 8,811 | 7.2 | 857 | 4.1 | 458 | 5.4 | 559 | 4.1 | |||
(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.
