Table 31c: Death Summary Information by Race/Ethnicity New York City - 2018

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 54,419 100.0 29,322 100.0 15,170 100.0 6,989 100.0 10,894 100.0
Sex
Male 26,702 49.1 14,158 48.3 7,135 47.0 3,761 53.8 5,552 51.0
Female 27,713 50.9 15,164 51.7 8,031 52.9 3,228 46.2 5,341 49.0
Not Stated 4 0.0 0 0.0 4 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0
Age
< 1 380 0.7 109 0.4 140 0.9 79 1.1 78 0.7
1 - 9 112 0.2 49 0.2 36 0.2 21 0.3 33 0.3
10 - 19 188 0.3 63 0.2 84 0.6 29 0.4 60 0.6
20 - 24 267 0.5 111 0.4 87 0.6 43 0.6 95 0.9
25 - 34 1,012 1.9 438 1.5 327 2.2 154 2.2 316 2.9
35 - 44 1,522 2.8 643 2.2 523 3.4 227 3.2 488 4.5
45 - 54 3,407 6.3 1,334 4.5 1,301 8.6 495 7.1 896 8.2
55 - 64 7,011 12.9 2,983 10.2 2,647 17.5 946 13.5 1,557 14.3
65 - 74 9,741 17.9 4,806 16.4 3,060 20.2 1,267 18.1 1,978 18.2
75 - 84 12,568 23.1 6,836 23.3 3,425 22.6 1,635 23.4 2,588 23.8
85+ 18,208 33.5 11,950 40.8 3,537 23.3 2,093 29.9 2,805 25.7
Cause of Death
Heart Disease 17,793 32.7 10,050 34.3 4,907 32.3 1,986 28.4 2,975 27.3
Mal Neoplasms 12,183 22.4 6,494 22.1 3,316 21.9 1,818 26.0 2,347 21.5
Cerebrovas Dis 1,886 3.5 955 3.3 522 3.4 306 4.4 428 3.9
AIDS 314 0.6 91 0.3 180 1.2 10 0.1 82 0.8
Pneumonia 1,821 3.3 985 3.4 481 3.2 254 3.6 370 3.4
CLRD 1,770 3.3 1,042 3.6 449 3.0 183 2.6 349 3.2
Diabetes Mellitus 1,965 3.6 784 2.7 786 5.2 270 3.9 469 4.3
Accidents 2,333 4.3 1,275 4.3 568 3.7 282 4.0 699 6.4
Other 14,354 26.4 7,646 26.1 3,961 26.1 1,880 26.9 3,175 29.1
Institution
Hospital 29,170 53.6 14,385 49.1 8,925 58.8 4,086 58.5 6,382 58.6
Home/Pub Place 14,325 26.3 8,636 29.5 3,473 22.9 1,588 22.7 2,638 24.2
Nursing Home 8,258 15.2 4,661 15.9 2,187 14.4 983 14.1 1,401 12.9
Hospice 1,655 3.0 1,065 3.6 325 2.1 217 3.1 264 2.4
Oth Institution 1,004 1.8 572 2.0 257 1.7 114 1.6 209 1.9
Type of Disposition
Burial 30,465 56.0 16,611 56.7 8,357 55.1 4,086 58.5 5,705 52.4
Cremation 20,935 38.5 10,803 36.8 6,151 40.5 2,768 39.6 4,868 44.7
Other/Unknown 3,019 5.5 1,908 6.5 662 4.4 135 1.9 321 2.9

(1) Race coding based on 2000 Census categories: White Alone, Black Alone, Other, Not Stated.

(2) Total Deaths includes deaths with race "Not Stated", age "Not Stated", institution "Not Stated".

(3) Hispanic is a separate count equal to Hispanic White + Hispanic Black + Hispanic Other + Hispanic Race Not Stated.