Table 31c: Death Summary Information by Race/Ethnicity, New York City - 2021
Category | Total Number(2) | Total Percent | Race(1)/Ethnicity | ||||||||||
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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.