Table 31b: Death Summary Information by Race/Ethnicity, New York State Exclusive of New York City - 2020

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 120,441 100.0 105,048 100.0 9,994 100.0 5,259 100.0 6,309 100.0
Sex
Male 60,794 50.5 52,507 50.0 5,237 52.4 2,952 56.1 3,679 58.3
Female 59,643 49.5 52,540 50.0 4,755 47.6 2,306 43.8 2,630 41.7
Not Stated 4 0.0 1 0.0 2 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0
Age
< 1 511 0.4 308 0.3 120 1.2 73 1.4 90 1.4
1 - 9 143 0.1 95 0.1 19 0.2 29 0.6 28 0.4
10 - 19 337 0.3 227 0.2 74 0.7 36 0.7 55 0.9
20 - 24 604 0.5 418 0.4 113 1.1 73 1.4 90 1.4
25 - 34 2,064 1.7 1,516 1.4 379 3.8 166 3.2 274 4.3
35 - 44 2,896 2.4 2,189 2.1 434 4.3 266 5.1 394 6.2
45 - 54 5,516 4.6 4,258 4.1 804 8.0 440 8.4 678 10.7
55 - 64 13,769 11.4 11,097 10.6 1,871 18.7 773 14.7 1,044 16.5
65 - 74 22,165 18.4 18,950 18.0 2,151 21.5 1,030 19.6 1,204 19.1
75 - 84 28,841 23.9 25,523 24.3 2,066 20.7 1,226 23.3 1,217 19.3
85+ 43,591 36.2 40,463 38.5 1,963 19.6 1,147 21.8 1,235 19.6
Cause of Death
Heart Disease 26,904 22.3 23,804 22.7 2,073 20.7 998 19.0 984 15.6
Mal Neoplasms 21,651 18.0 19,378 18.4 1,503 15.0 754 14.3 804 12.7
Cerebrovas Dis 4,186 3.5 3,637 3.5 357 3.6 188 3.6 190 3.0
AIDS 88 0.1 35 0.0 47 0.5 4 0.1 11 0.2
Pneumonia 2,329 1.9 2,045 1.9 182 1.8 101 1.9 108 1.7
CLRD 4,813 4.0 4,458 4.2 269 2.7 83 1.6 100 1.6
Diabetes Mellitus 3,156 2.6 2,561 2.4 400 4.0 191 3.6 192 3.0
Accidents 5,644 4.7 4,725 4.5 599 6.0 313 6.0 479 7.6
COVID-19 14,389 11.9 11,430 10.9 1,678 16.8 1,248 23.7 1,827 29.0
Other 37,281 31.0 32,975 31.4 2,886 28.9 1,379 26.2 1,614 25.6
Institution
Hospital 45,512 37.8 37,531 35.7 5,042 50.5 2,845 54.1 3,520 55.8
Home/Pub Place 37,248 30.9 33,218 31.6 2,619 26.2 1,385 26.4 1,485 23.6
Nursing Home 26,264 21.8 24,062 22.9 1,558 15.6 630 12.0 766 12.2
Hospice 7,692 6.4 7,039 6.7 446 4.5 207 3.9 292 4.6
Oth Institution 3,668 3.0 3,152 3.0 323 3.2 189 3.6 240 3.8
Type of Disposition
Burial 48,890 40.6 41,432 39.4 4,989 49.9 2,386 45.4 2,788 44.2
Cremation 65,186 54.1 57,721 54.9 4,726 47.3 2,685 51.1 3,356 53.2
Other/Unknown 6,365 5.3 5,895 5.6 279 2.8 188 3.6 165 2.6

(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.