Table 31c: Death Summary Information by Race/Ethnicity, 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 63,596 100.0 32,067 100.0 17,410 100.0 11,958 100.0 13,994 100.0
Sex
Male 32,506 51.1 16,072 50.1 8,457 48.6 6,625 55.4 7,389 52.8
Female 31,087 48.9 15,995 49.9 8,952 51.4 5,333 44.6 6,604 47.2
Not Stated 3 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0
Age
< 1 345 0.5 82 0.3 146 0.8 75 0.6 78 0.6
1 - 9 120 0.2 43 0.1 41 0.2 26 0.2 35 0.3
10 - 19 196 0.3 65 0.2 82 0.5 42 0.4 62 0.4
20 - 24 332 0.5 119 0.4 116 0.7 80 0.7 107 0.8
25 - 34 1,388 2.2 522 1.6 504 2.9 284 2.4 438 3.1
35 - 44 2,200 3.5 871 2.7 762 4.4 456 3.8 734 5.2
45 - 54 3,987 6.3 1,566 4.9 1,412 8.1 791 6.6 1,161 8.3
55 - 64 8,905 14.0 3,410 10.6 3,312 19.0 1,731 14.5 2,196 15.7
65 - 74 12,808 20.1 5,832 18.2 3,946 22.7 2,545 21.3 2,763 19.7
75 - 84 14,533 22.9 7,708 24.0 3,647 20.9 2,753 23.0 3,149 22.5
85+ 18,779 29.5 11,849 37.0 3,442 19.8 3,175 26.6 3,271 23.4
Cause of Death
Heart Disease 16,691 26.2 8,858 27.6 4,661 26.8 2,587 21.6 2,961 21.2
Mal Neoplasms 11,015 17.3 5,627 17.5 2,829 16.2 2,283 19.1 2,237 16.0
Cerebrovas Dis 2,208 3.5 1,061 3.3 623 3.6 471 3.9 488 3.5
AIDS 315 0.5 86 0.3 168 1.0 30 0.3 94 0.7
Pneumonia 1,600 2.5 853 2.7 406 2.3 283 2.4 358 2.6
CLRD 1,409 2.2 789 2.5 359 2.1 213 1.8 279 2.0
Diabetes Mellitus 1,729 2.7 661 2.1 649 3.7 364 3.0 400 2.9
Accidents 3,805 6.0 1,845 5.8 1,136 6.5 577 4.8 1,237 8.8
COVID-19 8,435 13.3 3,975 12.4 1,964 11.3 2,251 18.8 2,237 16.0
Other 16,389 25.8 8,312 25.9 4,615 26.5 2,899 24.2 3,703 26.5
Institution
Hospital 35,794 56.3 16,815 52.4 10,312 59.2 7,443 62.2 8,441 60.3
Home/Pub Place 18,301 28.8 10,171 31.7 4,555 26.2 2,961 24.8 3,802 27.2
Nursing Home 7,146 11.2 3,811 11.9 1,944 11.2 1,142 9.6 1,238 8.8
Hospice 786 1.2 516 1.6 143 0.8 112 0.9 135 1.0
Oth Institution 1,567 2.5 753 2.3 456 2.6 299 2.5 377 2.7
Type of Disposition
Burial 34,525 54.3 17,730 55.3 9,258 53.2 6,340 53.0 6,873 49.1
Cremation 26,525 41.7 12,492 39.0 7,679 44.1 5,413 45.3 6,843 48.9
Other/Unknown 2,546 4.0 1,845 5.8 473 2.7 205 1.7 278 2.0

(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.