Table 31c: Death Summary Information by Race/Ethnicity, New York City - 2019

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 54,061 100.0 29,948 100.0 15,093 100.0 7,708 100.0 11,190 100.0
Sex
Male 27,090 50.1 14,912 49.8 7,186 47.6 4,181 54.2 5,769 51.6
Female 26,970 49.9 15,035 50.2 7,907 52.4 3,527 45.8 5,421 48.4
Not Stated 1 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Age
< 1 414 0.8 152 0.5 157 1.0 66 0.9 106 0.9
1 - 9 134 0.2 52 0.2 48 0.3 32 0.4 37 0.3
10 - 19 177 0.3 60 0.2 67 0.4 49 0.6 52 0.5
20 - 24 288 0.5 116 0.4 100 0.7 67 0.9 84 0.8
25 - 34 1,102 2.0 516 1.7 351 2.3 203 2.6 355 3.2
35 - 44 1,557 2.9 703 2.3 521 3.5 284 3.7 502 4.5
45 - 54 3,246 6.0 1,425 4.8 1,221 8.1 492 6.4 895 8.0
55 - 64 7,066 13.1 3,105 10.4 2,717 18.0 1,011 13.1 1,629 14.6
65 - 74 10,023 18.5 5,113 17.1 3,110 20.6 1,488 19.3 2,059 18.4
75 - 84 12,358 22.9 6,938 23.2 3,359 22.3 1,802 23.4 2,598 23.2
85+ 17,690 32.7 11,767 39.3 3,442 22.8 2,213 28.7 2,873 25.7
Cause of Death
Heart Disease 17,870 33.1 10,260 34.3 4,884 32.4 2,257 29.3 3,166 28.3
Mal Neoplasms 11,636 21.5 6,342 21.2 3,189 21.1 1,898 24.6 2,296 20.5
Cerebrovas Dis 1,900 3.5 958 3.2 553 3.7 350 4.5 432 3.9
AIDS 330 0.6 91 0.3 193 1.3 24 0.3 99 0.9
Pneumonia 1,522 2.8 850 2.8 409 2.7 228 3.0 287 2.6
CLRD 1,810 3.3 1,132 3.8 456 3.0 176 2.3 347 3.1
Diabetes Mellitus 1,889 3.5 767 2.6 761 5.0 295 3.8 455 4.1
Accidents 2,476 4.6 1,431 4.8 650 4.3 313 4.1 757 6.8
Other 14,628 27.1 8,117 27.1 3,998 26.5 2,167 28.1 3,351 29.9
Institution
Hospital 29,224 54.1 15,170 50.7 8,800 58.3 4,534 58.8 6,609 59.1
Home/Pub Place 14,195 26.3 8,645 28.9 3,536 23.4 1,696 22.0 2,708 24.2
Nursing Home 8,278 15.3 4,696 15.7 2,238 14.8 1,105 14.3 1,390 12.4
Hospice 1,254 2.3 821 2.7 217 1.4 200 2.6 229 2.0
Oth Institution 1,103 2.0 612 2.0 300 2.0 172 2.2 252 2.3
Type of Disposition
Burial 30,524 56.5 17,027 56.9 8,366 55.4 4,394 57.0 5,758 51.5
Cremation 21,379 39.5 11,249 37.6 6,380 42.3 3,185 41.3 5,225 46.7
Other/Unknown 2,158 4.0 1,672 5.6 347 2.3 129 1.7 207 1.8

(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.