Table 31b: Death Summary Information by Race/Ethnicity, New York State Exclusive of New York City - 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 117,825 100.0 103,050 100.0 9,297 100.0 5,345 100.0 5,563 100.0
Sex
Male 60,325 51.2 52,419 50.9 4,869 52.4 2,945 55.1 3,128 56.2
Female 57,500 48.8 50,631 49.1 4,428 47.6 2,400 44.9 2,435 43.8
Age
< 1 528 0.4 305 0.3 125 1.3 91 1.7 95 1.7
1 - 9 152 0.1 84 0.1 34 0.4 33 0.6 31 0.6
10 - 19 344 0.3 220 0.2 67 0.7 56 1.0 66 1.2
20 - 24 569 0.5 365 0.4 127 1.4 75 1.4 84 1.5
25 - 34 2,174 1.8 1,563 1.5 412 4.4 195 3.6 264 4.7
35 - 44 3,144 2.7 2,372 2.3 514 5.5 250 4.7 401 7.2
45 - 54 5,833 5.0 4,580 4.4 810 8.7 430 8.0 569 10.2
55 - 64 13,963 11.9 11,319 11.0 1,794 19.3 823 15.4 887 15.9
65 - 74 22,594 19.2 19,496 18.9 1,990 21.4 1,080 20.2 986 17.7
75 - 84 28,659 24.3 25,616 24.9 1,793 19.3 1,225 22.9 1,119 20.1
85+ 39,863 33.8 37,128 36.0 1,631 17.5 1,087 20.3 1,061 19.1
Cause of Death
Heart Disease 25,552 21.7 22,663 22.0 1,936 20.8 926 17.3 940 16.9
Mal Neoplasms 21,449 18.2 19,141 18.6 1,402 15.1 890 16.7 870 15.6
Cerebrovas Dis 4,427 3.8 3,811 3.7 383 4.1 229 4.3 188 3.4
AIDS 90 0.1 49 0.0 31 0.3 9 0.2 19 0.3
Pneumonia 2,124 1.8 1,887 1.8 131 1.4 103 1.9 80 1.4
CLRD 4,456 3.8 4,152 4.0 192 2.1 109 2.0 86 1.5
Diabetes Mellitus 3,070 2.6 2,498 2.4 380 4.1 188 3.5 151 2.7
Accidents 6,286 5.3 5,136 5.0 731 7.9 396 7.4 632 11.4
COVID-19 13,163 11.2 11,034 10.7 1,213 13.0 907 17.0 1,051 18.9
Other 37,208 31.6 32,679 31.7 2,898 31.2 1,588 29.7 1,546 27.8
Institution
Hospital 47,954 40.7 40,154 39.0 4,805 51.7 2,911 54.5 2,972 53.4
Home/Pub Place 37,980 32.3 33,828 32.9 2,603 28.0 1,519 28.4 1,507 27.1
Nursing Home 20,558 17.5 18,967 18.4 1,111 12.0 467 8.7 510 9.2
Hospice 7,596 6.5 6,944 6.7 404 4.3 247 4.6 328 5.9
Oth Institution 3,651 3.1 3,079 3.0 367 4.0 200 3.7 244 4.4
Type of Disposition
Burial 46,073 39.1 38,886 37.7 4,645 50.0 2,472 46.2 2,610 46.9
Cremation 65,763 55.8 58,640 56.9 4,405 47.4 2,657 49.7 2,787 50.1
Other/Unknown 5,989 5.1 5,524 5.4 247 2.7 216 4.0 166 3.0

(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.