Table 31a: Death Summary Information by Race/Ethnicity, New York State - 2021
| 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 | 181,421 | 100.0 | 135,117 | 100.0 | 26,707 | 100.0 | 17,303 | 100.0 | 19,557 | 100.0 | |||
| Sex | |||||||||||||
| Male | 92,831 | 51.2 | 68,491 | 50.7 | 13,326 | 49.9 | 9,570 | 55.3 | 10,517 | 53.8 | |||
| Female | 88,587 | 48.8 | 66,626 | 49.3 | 13,380 | 50.1 | 7,733 | 44.7 | 9,039 | 46.2 | |||
| Not Stated | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | |||
| Age | |||||||||||||
| < 1 | 873 | 0.5 | 387 | 0.3 | 271 | 1.0 | 166 | 1.0 | 173 | 0.9 | |||
| 1 - 9 | 272 | 0.1 | 127 | 0.1 | 75 | 0.3 | 59 | 0.3 | 66 | 0.3 | |||
| 10 - 19 | 540 | 0.3 | 285 | 0.2 | 149 | 0.6 | 98 | 0.6 | 128 | 0.7 | |||
| 20 - 24 | 901 | 0.5 | 484 | 0.4 | 243 | 0.9 | 155 | 0.9 | 191 | 1.0 | |||
| 25 - 34 | 3,562 | 2.0 | 2,085 | 1.5 | 916 | 3.4 | 479 | 2.8 | 702 | 3.6 | |||
| 35 - 44 | 5,344 | 2.9 | 3,243 | 2.4 | 1,276 | 4.8 | 706 | 4.1 | 1,135 | 5.8 | |||
| 45 - 54 | 9,820 | 5.4 | 6,146 | 4.5 | 2,222 | 8.3 | 1,221 | 7.1 | 1,730 | 8.8 | |||
| 55 - 64 | 22,868 | 12.6 | 14,729 | 10.9 | 5,106 | 19.1 | 2,554 | 14.8 | 3,083 | 15.8 | |||
| 65 - 74 | 35,402 | 19.5 | 25,328 | 18.7 | 5,936 | 22.2 | 3,625 | 21.0 | 3,749 | 19.2 | |||
| 75 - 84 | 43,192 | 23.8 | 33,324 | 24.7 | 5,440 | 20.4 | 3,978 | 23.0 | 4,268 | 21.8 | |||
| 85+ | 58,642 | 32.3 | 48,977 | 36.2 | 5,073 | 19.0 | 4,262 | 24.6 | 4,332 | 22.2 | |||
| Cause of Death | |||||||||||||
| Heart Disease | 42,243 | 23.3 | 31,521 | 23.3 | 6,597 | 24.7 | 3,513 | 20.3 | 3,901 | 19.9 | |||
| Mal Neoplasms | 32,464 | 17.9 | 24,768 | 18.3 | 4,231 | 15.8 | 3,173 | 18.3 | 3,107 | 15.9 | |||
| Cerebrovas Dis | 6,635 | 3.7 | 4,872 | 3.6 | 1,006 | 3.8 | 700 | 4.0 | 676 | 3.5 | |||
| AIDS | 405 | 0.2 | 135 | 0.1 | 199 | 0.7 | 39 | 0.2 | 113 | 0.6 | |||
| Pneumonia | 3,724 | 2.1 | 2,740 | 2.0 | 537 | 2.0 | 386 | 2.2 | 438 | 2.2 | |||
| CLRD | 5,865 | 3.2 | 4,941 | 3.7 | 551 | 2.1 | 322 | 1.9 | 365 | 1.9 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 4,799 | 2.6 | 3,159 | 2.3 | 1,029 | 3.9 | 552 | 3.2 | 551 | 2.8 | |||
| Accidents | 10,091 | 5.6 | 6,981 | 5.2 | 1,867 | 7.0 | 973 | 5.6 | 1,869 | 9.6 | |||
| COVID-19 | 21,598 | 11.9 | 15,009 | 11.1 | 3,177 | 11.9 | 3,158 | 18.3 | 3,288 | 16.8 | |||
| Other | 53,597 | 29.5 | 40,991 | 30.3 | 7,513 | 28.1 | 4,487 | 25.9 | 5,249 | 26.8 | |||
| Institution | |||||||||||||
| Hospital | 83,748 | 46.2 | 56,969 | 42.2 | 15,117 | 56.6 | 10,354 | 59.8 | 11,413 | 58.4 | |||
| Home/Pub Place | 56,281 | 31.0 | 43,999 | 32.6 | 7,158 | 26.8 | 4,480 | 25.9 | 5,309 | 27.2 | |||
| Nursing Home | 27,704 | 15.3 | 22,778 | 16.9 | 3,055 | 11.4 | 1,609 | 9.3 | 1,748 | 8.9 | |||
| Hospice | 8,382 | 4.6 | 7,460 | 5.5 | 547 | 2.0 | 359 | 2.1 | 463 | 2.4 | |||
| Oth Institution | 5,218 | 2.9 | 3,832 | 2.8 | 823 | 3.1 | 499 | 2.9 | 621 | 3.2 | |||
| Type of Disposition | |||||||||||||
| Burial | 80,598 | 44.4 | 56,616 | 41.9 | 13,903 | 52.1 | 8,812 | 50.9 | 9,483 | 48.5 | |||
| Cremation | 92,288 | 50.9 | 71,132 | 52.6 | 12,084 | 45.2 | 8,070 | 46.6 | 9,630 | 49.2 | |||
| Other/Unknown | 8,535 | 4.7 | 7,369 | 5.5 | 720 | 2.7 | 421 | 2.4 | 444 | 2.3 | |||
(1) Race coding based on 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.
