Table 34 a : Leading Causes of Death by Age and Race(1)/Ethnicity New York State - 2017
| Total(2) | White | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Cause | Count | Age | Cause | Count | |
| Total(4) | All Causes | 155,191 | Total(4) | All Causes | 123,525 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 43,823 | Diseases of the Heart | 34,579 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 34,648 | Malignant Neoplasms | 27,321 | |||
| Accidents | 7,617 | CLRD | 6,311 | |||
| CLRD | 7,220 | Accidents | 6,167 | |||
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 6,183 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 4,848 | |||
| Pneumonia | 4,179 | Pneumonia | 3,247 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 4,148 | Alzheimer's Disease | 2,980 | |||
| Alzheimer's Disease | 3,471 | Diabetes Mellitus | 2,753 | |||
| Hypertension | 2,675 | Hypertension | 1,892 | |||
| Nephritis, Neph Syndrome et al | 2,265 | Nephritis, Neph Syndrome et al | 1,838 | |||
| < 1 | All Causes | 1,026 | < 1 | All Causes | 517 | |
| Cond Orig in the Perinatal Period | 557 | Cond Orig in the Perinatal Period | 274 | |||
| Congenital Anomalies | 172 | Congenital Anomalies | 98 | |||
| Accidents | 42 | Accidents | 16 | |||
| SIDS | 23 | SIDS | 13 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 17 | Diseases of the Heart | 6 | |||
| 1 - 9 | All Causes | 270 | 1 - 9 | All Causes | 156 | |
| Accidents | 64 | Accidents | 40 | |||
| Congenital Anomalies | 35 | Malignant Neoplasms | 25 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 31 | Congenital Anomalies | 20 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 14 | Homicide and Legal Intervention | 5 | |||
| CLRD | 9 | Diseases of the Heart | 3 | |||
| Pneumonia | 3 | |||||
| 10 - 19 | All Causes | 524 | 10 - 19 | All Causes | 338 | |
| Accidents | 156 | Accidents | 113 | |||
| Suicide | 96 | Suicide | 68 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 54 | Malignant Neoplasms | 35 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 52 | Homicide and Legal Intervention | 23 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 21 | Diseases of the Heart | 11 | |||
| 20 - 24 | All Causes | 875 | 20 - 24 | All Causes | 590 | |
| Accidents | 392 | Accidents | 305 | |||
| Suicide | 120 | Suicide | 86 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 91 | Malignant Neoplasms | 29 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 46 | Homicide and Legal Intervention | 23 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 20 | Diseases of the Heart | 10 | |||
| 25 - 44 | All Causes | 6,460 | 25 - 44 | All Causes | 4,482 | |
| Accidents | 2,249 | Accidents | 1,860 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 803 | Malignant Neoplasms | 527 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 615 | Suicide | 417 | |||
| Suicide | 557 | Diseases of the Heart | 361 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 241 | Cirrhosis of Liver | 119 | |||
| 45 - 64 | All Causes | 27,179 | 45 - 64 | All Causes | 19,152 | |
| Malignant Neoplasms | 8,535 | Malignant Neoplasms | 6,158 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 5,972 | Diseases of the Heart | 3,963 | |||
| Accidents | 2,245 | Accidents | 1,676 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 968 | CLRD | 673 | |||
| CLRD | 869 | Cirrhosis of Liver | 596 | |||
| 65 - 74 | All Causes | 27,268 | 65 - 74 | All Causes | 20,952 | |
| Malignant Neoplasms | 9,303 | Malignant Neoplasms | 7,275 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 6,827 | Diseases of the Heart | 5,016 | |||
| CLRD | 1,547 | CLRD | 1,353 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 985 | Diabetes Mellitus | 659 | |||
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 909 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 640 | |||
| 75 - 84 | All Causes | 35,648 | 75 - 84 | All Causes | 28,721 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 10,112 | Diseases of the Heart | 7,846 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 9,083 | Malignant Neoplasms | 7,363 | |||
| CLRD | 2,197 | CLRD | 1,951 | |||
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 1,565 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 1,235 | |||
| Pneumonia | 1,056 | Pneumonia | 790 | |||
| 85+ | All Causes | 55,938 | 85+ | All Causes | 48,615 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 20,234 | Diseases of the Heart | 17,363 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 6,792 | Malignant Neoplasms | 5,908 | |||
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 2,801 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 2,411 | |||
| CLRD | 2,522 | CLRD | 2,303 | |||
| Alzheimer's Disease | 2,493 | Alzheimer's Disease | 2,141 | |||
| Black | Hispanic(3) | |||||
| Age | Cause | Count | Age | Cause | Count | |
| Total(4) | All Causes | 21,626 | Total(4) | All Causes | 14,085 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 6,569 | Diseases of the Heart | 3,629 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 4,754 | Malignant Neoplasms | 3,009 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 1,031 | Accidents | 1,037 | |||
| Accidents | 961 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 607 | |||
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 893 | Diabetes Mellitus | 519 | |||
| CLRD | 655 | Pneumonia | 461 | |||
| Pneumonia | 620 | CLRD | 421 | |||
| Hypertension | 568 | Alzheimer's Disease | 355 | |||
| Alzheimer's Disease | 306 | Cirrhosis of Liver | 310 | |||
| Nephritis, Neph Syndrome et al | 302 | Hypertension | 295 | |||
| < 1 | All Causes | 314 | < 1 | All Causes | 231 | |
| Cond Orig in the Perinatal Period | 180 | Cond Orig in the Perinatal Period | 123 | |||
| Congenital Anomalies | 34 | Congenital Anomalies | 42 | |||
| Accidents | 19 | Accidents | 7 | |||
| SIDS | 8 | Diseases of the Heart | 4 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 5 | SIDS | 4 | |||
| 1 - 9 | All Causes | 75 | 1 - 9 | All Causes | 52 | |
| Accidents | 18 | Congenital Anomalies | 10 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 8 | Accidents | 7 | |||
| CLRD | 7 | Malignant Neoplasms | 6 | |||
| Congenital Anomalies | 7 | Pneumonia | 3 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 4 | Homicide and Legal Intervention | 2 | |||
| 10 - 19 | All Causes | 114 | 10 - 19 | All Causes | 116 | |
| Accidents | 28 | Accidents | 25 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 25 | Homicide and Legal Intervention | 24 | |||
| Suicide | 14 | Malignant Neoplasms | 19 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 9 | Suicide | 13 | |||
| CLRD | 8 | Diseases of the Heart | 4 | |||
| Congenital Anomalies | 4 | |||||
| 20 - 24 | All Causes | 191 | 20 - 24 | All Causes | 165 | |
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 57 | Accidents | 64 | |||
| Accidents | 43 | Homicide and Legal Intervention | 23 | |||
| Suicide | 20 | Suicide | 17 | |||
| CLRD | 12 | Malignant Neoplasms | 11 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 10 | Diseases of the Heart | 4 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 10 | |||||
| 25 - 44 | All Causes | 1,379 | 25 - 44 | All Causes | 1,127 | |
| Accidents | 244 | Accidents | 397 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 194 | Malignant Neoplasms | 149 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 159 | Diseases of the Heart | 96 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 144 | Suicide | 62 | |||
| Suicide | 73 | Cirrhosis of Liver | 60 | |||
| 45 - 64 | All Causes | 5,822 | 45 - 64 | All Causes | 3,308 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 1,561 | Malignant Neoplasms | 851 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 1,560 | Diseases of the Heart | 678 | |||
| Accidents | 435 | Accidents | 368 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 287 | Diabetes Mellitus | 143 | |||
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 205 | Cirrhosis of Liver | 140 | |||
| 65 - 74 | All Causes | 4,431 | 65 - 74 | All Causes | 2,600 | |
| Malignant Neoplasms | 1,371 | Malignant Neoplasms | 811 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 1,315 | Diseases of the Heart | 692 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 244 | Diabetes Mellitus | 131 | |||
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 198 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 108 | |||
| CLRD | 147 | CLRD | 101 | |||
| 75 - 84 | All Causes | 4,602 | 75 - 84 | All Causes | 3,072 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 1,566 | Diseases of the Heart | 937 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 1,101 | Malignant Neoplasms | 727 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 248 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 163 | |||
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 210 | Diabetes Mellitus | 128 | |||
| Pneumonia | 167 | Pneumonia | 127 | |||
| 85+ | All Causes | 4,697 | 85+ | All Causes | 3,414 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 1,911 | Diseases of the Heart | 1,213 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 539 | Malignant Neoplasms | 435 | |||
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 239 | Alzheimer's Disease | 227 | |||
| Alzheimer's Disease | 211 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 181 | |||
| Pneumonia | 199 | Pneumonia | 168 | |||
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.
