Table 34a: Leading Causes of Death by Age and Race(1)/Ethnicity New York State - 2018
| Total(2) | White | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Cause | Count | Age | Cause | Count | |
| Total(4) | All Causes | 157,176 | Total(4) | All Causes | 121,799 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 44,182 | Diseases of the Heart | 33,902 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 34,206 | Malignant Neoplasms | 26,347 | |||
| Accidents | 7,328 | CLRD | 6,202 | |||
| CLRD | 7,226 | Accidents | 5,680 | |||
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 6,183 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 4,751 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 4,493 | Alzheimer's Disease | 3,144 | |||
| Pneumonia | 4,184 | Pneumonia | 3,135 | |||
| Alzheimer's Disease | 3,721 | Diabetes Mellitus | 2,869 | |||
| Hypertension | 2,714 | Nephritis, Neph Syndrome et al | 1,875 | |||
| Nephritis, Neph Syndrome et al | 2,402 | Hypertension | 1,869 | |||
| < 1 | All Causes | 960 | < 1 | All Causes | 466 | |
| Cond Orig in the Perinatal Period | 488 | Cond Orig in the Perinatal Period | 219 | |||
| Congenital Anomalies | 205 | Congenital Anomalies | 123 | |||
| Accidents | 31 | Accidents | 20 | |||
| SIDS | 20 | SIDS | 10 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 14 | Diseases of the Heart | 6 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 6 | |||||
| 1 - 9 | All Causes | 277 | 1 - 9 | All Causes | 162 | |
| Accidents | 51 | Accidents | 37 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 45 | Malignant Neoplasms | 35 | |||
| Congenital Anomalies | 39 | Congenital Anomalies | 22 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 19 | Homicide and Legal Intervention | 8 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 12 | Diseases of the Heart | 5 | |||
| 10 - 19 | All Causes | 507 | 10 - 19 | All Causes | 300 | |
| Accidents | 115 | Accidents | 87 | |||
| Suicide | 87 | Suicide | 57 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 75 | Malignant Neoplasms | 47 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 64 | Homicide and Legal Intervention | 21 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 14 | Diseases of the Heart | 9 | |||
| Congenital Anomalies | 14 | |||||
| 20 - 24 | All Causes | 802 | 20 - 24 | All Causes | 517 | |
| Accidents | 323 | Accidents | 253 | |||
| Suicide | 121 | Suicide | 88 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 82 | Malignant Neoplasms | 25 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 41 | Homicide and Legal Intervention | 21 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 37 | Diseases of the Heart | 18 | |||
| 25 - 44 | All Causes | 6,330 | 25 - 44 | All Causes | 4,130 | |
| Accidents | 2,092 | Accidents | 1,641 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 819 | Malignant Neoplasms | 502 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 593 | Suicide | 386 | |||
| Suicide | 533 | Diseases of the Heart | 327 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 253 | Cirrhosis of Liver | 116 | |||
| 45 - 64 | All Causes | 26,883 | 45 - 64 | All Causes | 18,247 | |
| Malignant Neoplasms | 8,274 | Malignant Neoplasms | 5,785 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 5,946 | Diseases of the Heart | 3,822 | |||
| Accidents | 2,214 | Accidents | 1,563 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 1,013 | CLRD | 669 | |||
| CLRD | 879 | Cirrhosis of Liver | 617 | |||
| 65 - 74 | All Causes | 27,789 | 65 - 74 | All Causes | 20,737 | |
| Malignant Neoplasms | 9,074 | Malignant Neoplasms | 6,929 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 7,002 | Diseases of the Heart | 4,997 | |||
| CLRD | 1,568 | CLRD | 1,339 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 1,025 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 677 | |||
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 962 | Diabetes Mellitus | 644 | |||
| 75 - 84 | All Causes | 36,871 | 75 - 84 | All Causes | 28,871 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 10,469 | Diseases of the Heart | 7,835 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 9,087 | Malignant Neoplasms | 7,297 | |||
| CLRD | 2,195 | CLRD | 1,906 | |||
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 1,648 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 1,236 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 1,166 | Diabetes Mellitus | 770 | |||
| 85+ | All Causes | 56,751 | 85+ | All Causes | 48,366 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 20,097 | Diseases of the Heart | 16,883 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 6,785 | Malignant Neoplasms | 5,722 | |||
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 2,765 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 2,382 | |||
| Alzheimer's Disease | 2,705 | Alzheimer's Disease | 2,326 | |||
| CLRD | 2,498 | CLRD | 2,249 | |||
| Black | Hispanic(3) | |||||
| Age | Cause | Count | Age | Cause | Count | |
| Total(4) | All Causes | 22,258 | Total(4) | All Causes | 14,615 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 6,707 | Diseases of the Heart | 3,772 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 4,752 | Malignant Neoplasms | 3,109 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 1,094 | Accidents | 1,072 | |||
| Accidents | 936 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 602 | |||
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 850 | Diabetes Mellitus | 589 | |||
| CLRD | 658 | CLRD | 465 | |||
| Pneumonia | 616 | Pneumonia | 449 | |||
| Hypertension | 567 | Alzheimer's Disease | 398 | |||
| Nephritis, Neph Syndrome et al | 387 | Hypertension | 297 | |||
| Alzheimer's Disease | 314 | Cirrhosis of Liver | 277 | |||
| < 1 | All Causes | 276 | < 1 | All Causes | 184 | |
| Cond Orig in the Perinatal Period | 152 | Cond Orig in the Perinatal Period | 80 | |||
| Congenital Anomalies | 36 | Congenital Anomalies | 46 | |||
| SIDS | 9 | Accidents | 7 | |||
| Accidents | 8 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 4 | |||
| Pneumonia | 7 | SIDS | 4 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 4 | |||||
| 1 - 9 | All Causes | 65 | 1 - 9 | All Causes | 57 | |
| Accidents | 9 | Congenital Anomalies | 14 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 9 | Accidents | 8 | |||
| Congenital Anomalies | 8 | Malignant Neoplasms | 7 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 6 | Influenza | 3 | |||
| CLRD | 4 | Diseases of the Heart | 2 | |||
| CLRD | 2 | |||||
| Cond Orig in the Perinatal Period | 2 | |||||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 2 | |||||
| 10 - 19 | All Causes | 141 | 10 - 19 | All Causes | 106 | |
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 36 | Accidents | 23 | |||
| Accidents | 17 | Malignant Neoplasms | 17 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 16 | Homicide and Legal Intervention | 14 | |||
| Suicide | 15 | Suicide | 11 | |||
| CLRD | 8 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 4 | |||
| Congenital Anomalies | 4 | |||||
| 20 - 24 | All Causes | 170 | 20 - 24 | All Causes | 163 | |
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 51 | Accidents | 60 | |||
| Accidents | 26 | Suicide | 21 | |||
| Suicide | 18 | Homicide and Legal Intervention | 19 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 15 | Malignant Neoplasms | 14 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 11 | Diseases of the Heart | 7 | |||
| 25 - 44 | All Causes | 1,370 | 25 - 44 | All Causes | 1,203 | |
| Accidents | 231 | Accidents | 393 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 193 | Malignant Neoplasms | 185 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 165 | Diseases of the Heart | 99 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 148 | Suicide | 71 | |||
| Suicide | 81 | Homicide and Legal Intervention | 50 | |||
| 45 - 64 | All Causes | 5,799 | 45 - 64 | All Causes | 3,349 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 1,528 | Malignant Neoplasms | 929 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 1,508 | Diseases of the Heart | 694 | |||
| Accidents | 442 | Accidents | 388 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 304 | Diabetes Mellitus | 147 | |||
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 197 | Cirrhosis of Liver | 116 | |||
| 65 - 74 | All Causes | 4,558 | 65 - 74 | All Causes | 2,590 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 1,352 | Malignant Neoplasms | 774 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 1,331 | Diseases of the Heart | 671 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 255 | Diabetes Mellitus | 129 | |||
| CLRD | 166 | CLRD | 100 | |||
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 162 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 97 | |||
| 75 - 84 | All Causes | 4,948 | 75 - 84 | All Causes | 3,327 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 1,690 | Diseases of the Heart | 1,052 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 1,098 | Malignant Neoplasms | 733 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 257 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 195 | |||
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 246 | Diabetes Mellitus | 162 | |||
| Pneumonia | 182 | Pneumonia | 121 | |||
| 85+ | All Causes | 4,928 | 85+ | All Causes | 3,636 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 1,917 | Diseases of the Heart | 1,242 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 616 | Malignant Neoplasms | 449 | |||
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 218 | Alzheimer's Disease | 278 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 208 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 172 | |||
| Alzheimer's Disease | 197 | Pneumonia | 154 | |||
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.
