Table 31a : Death Summary Information by Race/Ethnicity New York State - 2017
| 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 | 155,191 | 100.0 | 123,525 | 100.0 | 21,626 | 100.0 | 8,661 | 100.0 | 14,085 | 100.0 | |||
| Sex | |||||||||||||
| Male | 76,729 | 49.4 | 60,659 | 49.1 | 10,482 | 48.5 | 4,747 | 54.8 | 7,332 | 52.1 | |||
| Female | 78,453 | 50.6 | 62,861 | 50.9 | 11,142 | 51.5 | 3,913 | 45.2 | 6,753 | 47.9 | |||
| Not Stated | 9 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Age | |||||||||||||
| < 1 | 1,026 | 0.7 | 517 | 0.4 | 314 | 1.5 | 149 | 1.7 | 231 | 1.6 | |||
| 1 - 9 | 270 | 0.2 | 156 | 0.1 | 75 | 0.3 | 36 | 0.4 | 52 | 0.4 | |||
| 10 - 19 | 524 | 0.3 | 338 | 0.3 | 114 | 0.5 | 65 | 0.8 | 116 | 0.8 | |||
| 20 - 24 | 875 | 0.6 | 590 | 0.5 | 191 | 0.9 | 88 | 1.0 | 165 | 1.2 | |||
| 25 - 34 | 2,819 | 1.8 | 1,995 | 1.6 | 580 | 2.7 | 218 | 2.5 | 466 | 3.3 | |||
| 35 - 44 | 3,641 | 2.3 | 2,487 | 2.0 | 799 | 3.7 | 310 | 3.6 | 661 | 4.7 | |||
| 45 - 54 | 8,591 | 5.5 | 5,853 | 4.7 | 1,963 | 9.1 | 658 | 7.6 | 1,269 | 9.0 | |||
| 55 - 64 | 18,588 | 12.0 | 13,299 | 10.8 | 3,859 | 17.8 | 1,186 | 13.7 | 2,039 | 14.5 | |||
| 65 - 74 | 27,268 | 17.6 | 20,952 | 17.0 | 4,431 | 20.5 | 1,577 | 18.2 | 2,600 | 18.5 | |||
| 75 - 84 | 35,648 | 23.0 | 28,721 | 23.3 | 4,602 | 21.3 | 2,035 | 23.5 | 3,072 | 21.8 | |||
| 85+ | 55,938 | 36.0 | 48,615 | 39.4 | 4,697 | 21.7 | 2,339 | 27.0 | 3,414 | 24.2 | |||
| Cause of Death | |||||||||||||
| Heart Disease | 43,823 | 28.2 | 34,579 | 28.0 | 6,569 | 30.4 | 2,243 | 25.9 | 3,629 | 25.8 | |||
| Mal Neoplasms | 34,648 | 22.3 | 27,321 | 22.1 | 4,754 | 22.0 | 2,300 | 26.6 | 3,009 | 21.4 | |||
| Cerebrovas Dis | 6,183 | 4.0 | 4,848 | 3.9 | 893 | 4.1 | 399 | 4.6 | 607 | 4.3 | |||
| AIDS | 456 | 0.3 | 180 | 0.1 | 238 | 1.1 | 22 | 0.3 | 122 | 0.9 | |||
| Pneumonia | 4,179 | 2.7 | 3,247 | 2.6 | 620 | 2.9 | 266 | 3.1 | 461 | 3.3 | |||
| CLRD | 7,220 | 4.7 | 6,311 | 5.1 | 655 | 3.0 | 188 | 2.2 | 421 | 3.0 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 4,148 | 2.7 | 2,753 | 2.2 | 1,031 | 4.8 | 314 | 3.6 | 519 | 3.7 | |||
| Accidents | 7,617 | 4.9 | 6,167 | 5.0 | 961 | 4.4 | 421 | 4.9 | 1,037 | 7.4 | |||
| Other | 46,917 | 30.2 | 38,119 | 30.9 | 5,905 | 27.3 | 2,508 | 29.0 | 4,280 | 30.4 | |||
| Institution | |||||||||||||
| Hospital | 70,328 | 45.3 | 52,423 | 42.4 | 12,363 | 57.2 | 4,796 | 55.4 | 8,023 | 57.0 | |||
| Home/Pub Place | 41,574 | 26.8 | 34,352 | 27.8 | 4,906 | 22.7 | 1,996 | 23.0 | 3,294 | 23.4 | |||
| Nursing Home | 30,984 | 20.0 | 26,324 | 21.3 | 3,195 | 14.8 | 1,215 | 14.0 | 1,775 | 12.6 | |||
| Hospice | 8,745 | 5.6 | 7,537 | 6.1 | 710 | 3.3 | 456 | 5.3 | 615 | 4.4 | |||
| Oth Institution | 3,535 | 2.3 | 2,867 | 2.3 | 450 | 2.1 | 198 | 2.3 | 377 | 2.7 | |||
| Type of Disposition | |||||||||||||
| Burial | 75,712 | 48.8 | 58,392 | 47.3 | 12,113 | 56.0 | 4,751 | 54.9 | 7,466 | 53.0 | |||
| Cremation | 69,394 | 44.7 | 56,448 | 45.7 | 8,650 | 40.0 | 3,679 | 42.5 | 6,165 | 43.8 | |||
| Other/Unknown | 10,085 | 6.5 | 8,685 | 7.0 | 863 | 4.0 | 231 | 2.7 | 454 | 3.2 | |||
(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.
