Table 31c : Death Summary Information by Race/Ethnicity New York City - 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 | 53,786 | 100.0 | 32,149 | 100.0 | 14,380 | 100.0 | 5,675 | 100.0 | 10,315 | 100.0 | |||
| Sex | |||||||||||||
| Male | 26,140 | 48.6 | 15,491 | 48.2 | 6,678 | 46.4 | 3,064 | 54.0 | 5,267 | 51.1 | |||
| Female | 27,646 | 51.4 | 16,658 | 51.8 | 7,702 | 53.6 | 2,611 | 46.0 | 5,048 | 48.9 | |||
| Age | |||||||||||||
| < 1 | 479 | 0.9 | 198 | 0.6 | 170 | 1.2 | 64 | 1.1 | 109 | 1.1 | |||
| 1 - 9 | 127 | 0.2 | 54 | 0.2 | 44 | 0.3 | 23 | 0.4 | 36 | 0.3 | |||
| 10 - 19 | 181 | 0.3 | 72 | 0.2 | 75 | 0.5 | 25 | 0.4 | 53 | 0.5 | |||
| 20 - 24 | 380 | 0.7 | 175 | 0.5 | 129 | 0.9 | 52 | 0.9 | 132 | 1.3 | |||
| 25 - 34 | 981 | 1.8 | 461 | 1.4 | 343 | 2.4 | 126 | 2.2 | 271 | 2.6 | |||
| 35 - 44 | 1,479 | 2.7 | 725 | 2.3 | 499 | 3.5 | 182 | 3.2 | 416 | 4.0 | |||
| 45 - 54 | 3,678 | 6.8 | 1,757 | 5.5 | 1,350 | 9.4 | 419 | 7.4 | 921 | 8.9 | |||
| 55 - 64 | 6,843 | 12.7 | 3,428 | 10.7 | 2,468 | 17.2 | 727 | 12.8 | 1,487 | 14.4 | |||
| 65 - 74 | 9,398 | 17.5 | 5,193 | 16.2 | 2,905 | 20.2 | 1,011 | 17.8 | 1,932 | 18.7 | |||
| 75 - 84 | 12,306 | 22.9 | 7,489 | 23.3 | 3,076 | 21.4 | 1,431 | 25.2 | 2,349 | 22.8 | |||
| 85+ | 17,934 | 33.3 | 12,597 | 39.2 | 3,321 | 23.1 | 1,615 | 28.5 | 2,609 | 25.3 | |||
| Cause of Death | |||||||||||||
| Heart Disease | 17,212 | 32.0 | 10,776 | 33.5 | 4,487 | 31.2 | 1,500 | 26.4 | 2,814 | 27.3 | |||
| Mal Neoplasms | 12,618 | 23.5 | 7,436 | 23.1 | 3,400 | 23.6 | 1,496 | 26.4 | 2,363 | 22.9 | |||
| Cerebrovas Dis | 1,932 | 3.6 | 1,091 | 3.4 | 522 | 3.6 | 250 | 4.4 | 402 | 3.9 | |||
| AIDS | 471 | 0.9 | 159 | 0.5 | 272 | 1.9 | 14 | 0.2 | 127 | 1.2 | |||
| Pneumonia | 2,058 | 3.8 | 1,281 | 4.0 | 490 | 3.4 | 241 | 4.2 | 400 | 3.9 | |||
| CLRD | 1,780 | 3.3 | 1,163 | 3.6 | 406 | 2.8 | 162 | 2.9 | 343 | 3.3 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 1,823 | 3.4 | 819 | 2.5 | 731 | 5.1 | 220 | 3.9 | 418 | 4.1 | |||
| Accidents | 1,952 | 3.6 | 1,232 | 3.8 | 418 | 2.9 | 171 | 3.0 | 522 | 5.1 | |||
| Other | 13,940 | 25.9 | 8,192 | 25.5 | 3,654 | 25.4 | 1,621 | 28.6 | 2,926 | 28.4 | |||
| Institution | |||||||||||||
| Hospital | 28,855 | 54.4 | 16,363 | 50.9 | 8,714 | 60.6 | 3,240 | 57.9 | 6,025 | 58.5 | |||
| Home/Pub Place | 12,627 | 23.8 | 8,493 | 26.4 | 2,862 | 19.9 | 1,100 | 19.7 | 2,207 | 21.4 | |||
| Nursing Home | 7,836 | 14.8 | 4,886 | 15.2 | 2,019 | 14.0 | 743 | 13.3 | 1,321 | 12.8 | |||
| Hospice | 3,043 | 5.7 | 1,984 | 6.2 | 568 | 3.9 | 435 | 7.8 | 550 | 5.3 | |||
| Oth Institution | 725 | 1.4 | 422 | 1.3 | 217 | 1.5 | 74 | 1.3 | 202 | 2.0 | |||
| Type of Disposition | |||||||||||||
| Burial | 31,792 | 59.1 | 19,727 | 61.4 | 8,466 | 58.9 | 3,261 | 57.5 | 5,804 | 56.3 | |||
| Cremation | 18,368 | 34.2 | 10,538 | 32.8 | 5,274 | 36.7 | 2,200 | 38.8 | 4,112 | 39.9 | |||
| Other/Unknown | 3,626 | 6.7 | 1,884 | 5.9 | 640 | 4.5 | 214 | 3.8 | 399 | 3.9 | |||
(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.
