Table 31c : Death Summary Information by Race/Ethnicity New York City - 2016

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 53,891 100.0 31,831 100.0 14,776 100.0 5,555 100.0 10,426 100.0
Sex
Male 26,526 49.2 15,569 48.9 6,995 47.3 2,959 53.3 5,320 51.0
Female 27,365 50.8 16,262 51.1 7,781 52.7 2,596 46.7 5,106 49.0
Age
< 1 437 0.8 158 0.5 174 1.2 64 1.2 98 0.9
1 - 9 109 0.2 49 0.2 39 0.3 17 0.3 28 0.3
10 - 19 175 0.3 73 0.2 73 0.5 18 0.3 58 0.6
20 - 24 354 0.7 150 0.5 138 0.9 50 0.9 99 0.9
25 - 34 1,067 2.0 533 1.7 351 2.4 123 2.2 306 2.9
35 - 44 1,586 2.9 762 2.4 544 3.7 196 3.5 465 4.5
45 - 54 3,678 6.8 1,701 5.3 1,404 9.5 397 7.1 915 8.8
55 - 64 7,151 13.3 3,456 10.9 2,607 17.6 779 14.0 1,596 15.3
65 - 74 9,611 17.8 5,293 16.6 3,018 20.4 975 17.6 1,914 18.4
75 - 84 12,134 22.5 7,264 22.8 3,250 22.0 1,291 23.2 2,407 23.1
85+ 17,589 32.6 12,392 38.9 3,178 21.5 1,645 29.6 2,540 24.4
Cause of Death
Heart Disease 17,300 32.1 10,750 33.8 4,562 30.9 1,552 27.9 2,918 28.0
Mal Neoplasms 12,748 23.7 7,396 23.2 3,532 23.9 1,484 26.7 2,297 22.0
Cerebrovas Dis 1,907 3.5 1,058 3.3 531 3.6 263 4.7 378 3.6
AIDS 426 0.8 130 0.4 234 1.6 23 0.4 120 1.2
Pneumonia 2,004 3.7 1,216 3.8 484 3.3 253 4.6 370 3.5
CLRD 1,671 3.1 1,048 3.3 413 2.8 147 2.6 313 3.0
Diabetes Mellitus 1,747 3.2 770 2.4 733 5.0 192 3.5 443 4.2
Accidents 2,293 4.3 1,390 4.4 563 3.8 198 3.6 630 6.0
Other 13,795 25.6 8,073 25.4 3,724 25.2 1,443 26.0 2,957 28.4
Institution
Hospital 29,208 54.2 16,235 51.0 8,819 59.7 3,196 57.5 6,140 58.9
Home/Pub Place 13,072 24.3 8,486 26.7 3,192 21.6 1,129 20.3 2,313 22.2
Nursing Home 7,620 14.1 4,665 14.7 1,892 12.8 794 14.3 1,235 11.8
Hospice 2,945 5.5 1,889 5.9 606 4.1 358 6.4 513 4.9
Oth Institution 1,043 1.9 555 1.7 266 1.8 77 1.4 224 2.1
Type of Disposition
Burial 31,375 58.2 18,882 59.3 8,626 58.4 3,249 58.5 5,685 54.5
Cremation 19,379 36.0 11,029 34.6 5,478 37.1 2,169 39.0 4,415 42.3
Other/Unknown 3,137 5.8 1,920 6.0 672 4.5 137 2.5 326 3.1

(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.