Table 34c: Leading Causes of Death by Age and Race(1)/Ethnicity, New York City - 2020
| Total(2) | White | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Cause | Count | Age | Cause | Count | |
| Total(4) | All Causes | 82,952 | Total(4) | All Causes | 42,145 | |
| COVID-19 | 21,948 | Diseases of the Heart | 11,445 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 21,397 | COVID-19 | 10,023 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 11,131 | Malignant Neoplasms | 6,031 | |||
| Accidents | 2,993 | Accidents | 1,594 | |||
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 2,247 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 1,101 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 2,231 | Pneumonia | 1,072 | |||
| Pneumonia | 1,974 | CLRD | 1,033 | |||
| CLRD | 1,753 | Diabetes Mellitus | 861 | |||
| Hypertension | 1,576 | Alzheimer's Disease | 758 | |||
| Alzheimer's Disease | 1,159 | Hypertension | 669 | |||
| < 1 | All Causes | 339 | < 1 | All Causes | 101 | |
| Cond Orig in the Perinatal Period | 175 | Cond Orig in the Perinatal Period | 45 | |||
| Congenital Anomalies | 57 | Congenital Anomalies | 20 | |||
| SIDS | 10 | SIDS | 4 | |||
| Accidents | 10 | Accidents | 4 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 5 | Diseases of the Heart | 3 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 5 | |||||
| 1 - 9 | All Causes | 89 | 1 - 9 | All Causes | 46 | |
| Malignant Neoplasms | 17 | Malignant Neoplasms | 12 | |||
| Accidents | 14 | Accidents | 8 | |||
| Congenital Anomalies | 7 | Congenital Anomalies | 5 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 5 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 3 | |||
| CLRD | 4 | Homicide and Legal Intervention | 2 | |||
| 10 - 19 | All Causes | 210 | 10 - 19 | All Causes | 80 | |
| Accidents | 38 | Accidents | 16 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 35 | Malignant Neoplasms | 13 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 29 | Suicide | 10 | |||
| Suicide | 22 | Homicide and Legal Intervention | 10 | |||
| COVID-19 | 9 | Congenital Anomalies | 3 | |||
| 20 - 24 | All Causes | 425 | 20 - 24 | All Causes | 187 | |
| Accidents | 139 | Accidents | 74 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 82 | Malignant Neoplasms | 22 | |||
| Suicide | 32 | Homicide and Legal Intervention | 16 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 31 | Suicide | 13 | |||
| COVID-19 | 28 | COVID-19 | 11 | |||
| 25 - 44 | All Causes | 3,995 | 25 - 44 | All Causes | 1,796 | |
| Accidents | 912 | Accidents | 548 | |||
| COVID-19 | 730 | COVID-19 | 288 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 372 | Malignant Neoplasms | 182 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 332 | Diseases of the Heart | 127 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 241 | Suicide | 98 | |||
| 45 - 64 | All Causes | 16,396 | 45 - 64 | All Causes | 6,547 | |
| COVID-19 | 4,846 | COVID-19 | 1,812 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 3,094 | Malignant Neoplasms | 1,262 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 2,841 | Diseases of the Heart | 1,156 | |||
| Accidents | 1,161 | Accidents | 533 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 511 | Diabetes Mellitus | 169 | |||
| 65 - 74 | All Causes | 16,596 | 65 - 74 | All Causes | 7,605 | |
| COVID-19 | 5,328 | COVID-19 | 2,209 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 3,795 | Diseases of the Heart | 1,742 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 3,030 | Malignant Neoplasms | 1,583 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 522 | CLRD | 206 | |||
| CLRD | 359 | Diabetes Mellitus | 196 | |||
| 75 - 84 | All Causes | 19,764 | 75 - 84 | All Causes | 10,098 | |
| COVID-19 | 5,834 | Diseases of the Heart | 2,811 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 5,385 | COVID-19 | 2,655 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 2,783 | Malignant Neoplasms | 1,634 | |||
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 580 | CLRD | 316 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 531 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 282 | |||
| 85+ | All Causes | 25,131 | 85+ | All Causes | 15,683 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 8,766 | Diseases of the Heart | 5,598 | |||
| COVID-19 | 5,167 | COVID-19 | 3,044 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 2,028 | Malignant Neoplasms | 1,323 | |||
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 902 | Alzheimer's Disease | 571 | |||
| Alzheimer's Disease | 828 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 546 | |||
| Black | Hispanic(3) | |||||
| Age | Cause | Count | Age | Cause | Count | |
| Total(4) | All Causes | 24,450 | Total(4) | All Causes | 19,531 | |
| COVID-19 | 6,457 | COVID-19 | 6,814 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 6,408 | Diseases of the Heart | 3,838 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 3,012 | Malignant Neoplasms | 2,140 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 920 | Accidents | 894 | |||
| Accidents | 874 | Diabetes Mellitus | 544 | |||
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 705 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 526 | |||
| Hypertension | 619 | Pneumonia | 467 | |||
| Pneumonia | 493 | CLRD | 360 | |||
| CLRD | 453 | Hypertension | 342 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 307 | Alzheimer's Disease | 304 | |||
| < 1 | All Causes | 127 | < 1 | All Causes | 89 | |
| Cond Orig in the Perinatal Period | 60 | Cond Orig in the Perinatal Period | 40 | |||
| Congenital Anomalies | 15 | Congenital Anomalies | 18 | |||
| SIDS | 6 | Accidents | 5 | |||
| Septicemia | 3 | SIDS | 4 | |||
| Accidents | 3 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 3 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 3 | |||||
| 1 - 9 | All Causes | 29 | 1 - 9 | All Causes | 22 | |
| Accidents | 6 | Malignant Neoplasms | 5 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 3 | Congenital Anomalies | 4 | |||
| CLRD | 3 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 2 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 3 | Accidents | 2 | |||
| Influenza | 2 | Homicide and Legal Intervention | 2 | |||
| COVID-19 | 2 | |||||
| 10 - 19 | All Causes | 79 | 10 - 19 | All Causes | 60 | |
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 22 | Accidents | 10 | |||
| Accidents | 11 | Homicide and Legal Intervention | 10 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 7 | Malignant Neoplasms | 8 | |||
| Suicide | 5 | Suicide | 4 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 4 | COVID-19 | 4 | |||
| 20 - 24 | All Causes | 161 | 20 - 24 | All Causes | 142 | |
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 61 | Accidents | 58 | |||
| Accidents | 32 | Homicide and Legal Intervention | 15 | |||
| Suicide | 13 | Malignant Neoplasms | 13 | |||
| COVID-19 | 11 | COVID-19 | 13 | |||
| CLRD | 5 | Suicide | 8 | |||
| 25 - 44 | All Causes | 1,350 | 25 - 44 | All Causes | 1,383 | |
| Accidents | 214 | COVID-19 | 377 | |||
| COVID-19 | 207 | Accidents | 315 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 169 | Malignant Neoplasms | 108 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 153 | Diseases of the Heart | 73 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 88 | Cirrhosis of Liver | 68 | |||
| 45 - 64 | All Causes | 6,166 | 45 - 64 | All Causes | 4,666 | |
| COVID-19 | 1,608 | COVID-19 | 1,836 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 1,382 | Diseases of the Heart | 681 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 942 | Malignant Neoplasms | 602 | |||
| Accidents | 440 | Accidents | 369 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 231 | Diabetes Mellitus | 123 | |||
| 65 - 74 | All Causes | 5,448 | 65 - 74 | All Causes | 3,948 | |
| COVID-19 | 1,684 | COVID-19 | 1,664 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 1,365 | Diseases of the Heart | 683 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 919 | Malignant Neoplasms | 583 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 217 | Diabetes Mellitus | 123 | |||
| Hypertension | 145 | Pneumonia | 87 | |||
| 75 - 84 | All Causes | 5,743 | 75 - 84 | All Causes | 4,571 | |
| COVID-19 | 1,765 | COVID-19 | 1,685 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 1,627 | Diseases of the Heart | 1,059 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 654 | Malignant Neoplasms | 498 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 209 | Diabetes Mellitus | 137 | |||
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 188 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 127 | |||
| 85+ | All Causes | 5,347 | 85+ | All Causes | 4,649 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 1,872 | Diseases of the Heart | 1,335 | |||
| COVID-19 | 1,177 | COVID-19 | 1,233 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 397 | Malignant Neoplasms | 323 | |||
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 212 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 211 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 207 | Alzheimer's Disease | 193 | |||
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.
