Table 34a: Five Leading Causes of Death by Age and Race(1)/Ethnicity, New York State - 2021
| Total(2) | White | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Cause | Count | Age | Cause | Count | |
| Total(4) | All Causes | 181,421 | Total(4) | All Causes | 135,117 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 42,243 | Diseases of the Heart | 31,521 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 32,464 | Malignant Neoplasms | 24,768 | |||
| COVID-19 | 21,598 | COVID-19 | 15,009 | |||
| Accidents | 10,091 | Accidents | 6,981 | |||
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 6,635 | CLRD | 4,941 | |||
| CLRD | 5,865 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 4,872 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 4,799 | Diabetes Mellitus | 3,159 | |||
| Pneumonia | 3,724 | Alzheimer's Disease | 2,965 | |||
| Alzheimer's Disease | 3,553 | Pneumonia | 2,740 | |||
| Hypertension | 2,880 | Hypertension | 1,938 | |||
| < 1 | All Causes | 873 | < 1 | All Causes | 387 | |
| Cond Orig in the Perinatal Period | 421 | Cond Orig in the Perinatal Period | 162 | |||
| Congenital Anomalies | 163 | Congenital Anomalies | 92 | |||
| SIDS | 57 | SIDS | 28 | |||
| Accidents | 51 | Accidents | 28 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 11 | Diseases of the Heart | 5 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 5 | |||||
| 1 - 9 | All Causes | 272 | 1 - 9 | All Causes | 127 | |
| Accidents | 62 | Accidents | 24 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 38 | Malignant Neoplasms | 23 | |||
| Congenital Anomalies | 27 | Congenital Anomalies | 16 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 17 | Homicide and Legal Intervention | 6 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 11 | Diseases of the Heart | 4 | |||
| 10 - 19 | All Causes | 540 | 10 - 19 | All Causes | 285 | |
| Accidents | 141 | Accidents | 91 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 84 | Suicide | 54 | |||
| Suicide | 75 | Malignant Neoplasms | 25 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 51 | Congenital Anomalies | 16 | |||
| Congenital Anomalies | 24 | Homicide and Legal Intervention | 11 | |||
| 20 - 24 | All Causes | 901 | 20 - 24 | All Causes | 484 | |
| Accidents | 372 | Accidents | 246 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 127 | Suicide | 58 | |||
| Suicide | 105 | Malignant Neoplasms | 23 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 41 | Homicide and Legal Intervention | 22 | |||
| COVID-19 | 31 | COVID-19 | 17 | |||
| 25 - 44 | All Causes | 8,906 | 25 - 44 | All Causes | 5,328 | |
| Accidents | 3,145 | Accidents | 2,187 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 773 | Malignant Neoplasms | 444 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 749 | Suicide | 402 | |||
| COVID-19 | 623 | Diseases of the Heart | 394 | |||
| Suicide | 567 | COVID-19 | 329 | |||
| 45 - 64 | All Causes | 32,688 | 45 - 64 | All Causes | 20,875 | |
| Malignant Neoplasms | 7,374 | Malignant Neoplasms | 5,047 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 6,363 | Diseases of the Heart | 3,924 | |||
| COVID-19 | 4,229 | COVID-19 | 2,428 | |||
| Accidents | 3,363 | Accidents | 2,069 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 1,058 | Cirrhosis of Liver | 724 | |||
| 65 - 74 | All Causes | 35,402 | 65 - 74 | All Causes | 25,328 | |
| Malignant Neoplasms | 9,124 | Malignant Neoplasms | 6,874 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 7,723 | Diseases of the Heart | 5,343 | |||
| COVID-19 | 4,898 | COVID-19 | 3,127 | |||
| CLRD | 1,402 | CLRD | 1,178 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 1,196 | Diabetes Mellitus | 794 | |||
| 75 - 84 | All Causes | 43,192 | 75 - 84 | All Causes | 33,324 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 9,972 | Diseases of the Heart | 7,441 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 8,876 | Malignant Neoplasms | 7,143 | |||
| COVID-19 | 5,628 | COVID-19 | 4,028 | |||
| CLRD | 1,882 | CLRD | 1,647 | |||
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 1,726 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 1,264 | |||
| 85+ | All Causes | 58,642 | 85+ | All Causes | 48,977 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 17,351 | Diseases of the Heart | 14,390 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 6,208 | Malignant Neoplasms | 5,189 | |||
| COVID-19 | 6,170 | COVID-19 | 5,067 | |||
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 2,890 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 2,361 | |||
| Alzheimer's Disease | 2,445 | Alzheimer's Disease | 2,072 | |||
| Black | Hispanic(3) | |||||
| Age | Cause | Count | Age | Cause | Count | |
| Total(4) | All Causes | 26,707 | Total(4) | All Causes | 19,557 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 6,597 | Diseases of the Heart | 3,901 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 4,231 | COVID-19 | 3,288 | |||
| COVID-19 | 3,177 | Malignant Neoplasms | 3,107 | |||
| Accidents | 1,867 | Accidents | 1,869 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 1,029 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 676 | |||
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 1,006 | Diabetes Mellitus | 551 | |||
| Hypertension | 616 | Pneumonia | 438 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 571 | Alzheimer's Disease | 387 | |||
| CLRD | 551 | CLRD | 365 | |||
| Pneumonia | 537 | Cirrhosis of Liver | 327 | |||
| < 1 | All Causes | 271 | < 1 | All Causes | 173 | |
| Cond Orig in the Perinatal Period | 146 | Cond Orig in the Perinatal Period | 80 | |||
| Congenital Anomalies | 30 | Congenital Anomalies | 34 | |||
| SIDS | 18 | SIDS | 11 | |||
| Accidents | 13 | Accidents | 10 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 5 | Diseases of the Heart | 3 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 5 | |||||
| 1 - 9 | All Causes | 75 | 1 - 9 | All Causes | 66 | |
| Accidents | 25 | Accidents | 15 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 7 | Malignant Neoplasms | 8 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 7 | Congenital Anomalies | 7 | |||
| Congenital Anomalies | 4 | Diseases of the Heart | 3 | |||
| CLRD | 3 | Homicide and Legal Intervention | 3 | |||
| Cond Orig in the Perinatal Period | 3 | |||||
| 10 - 19 | All Causes | 149 | 10 - 19 | All Causes | 128 | |
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 62 | Accidents | 37 | |||
| Accidents | 23 | Homicide and Legal Intervention | 15 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 10 | Malignant Neoplasms | 14 | |||
| Suicide | 7 | Suicide | 12 | |||
| Congenital Anomalies | 5 | Congenital Anomalies | 6 | |||
| 20 - 24 | All Causes | 243 | 20 - 24 | All Causes | 191 | |
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 86 | Accidents | 77 | |||
| Accidents | 63 | Homicide and Legal Intervention | 30 | |||
| Suicide | 16 | Suicide | 20 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 8 | Malignant Neoplasms | 16 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 6 | COVID-19 | 6 | |||
| COVID-19 | 6 | |||||
| 25 - 44 | All Causes | 2,192 | 25 - 44 | All Causes | 1,837 | |
| Accidents | 560 | Accidents | 699 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 312 | COVID-19 | 171 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 262 | Malignant Neoplasms | 143 | |||
| COVID-19 | 167 | Diseases of the Heart | 134 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 138 | Homicide and Legal Intervention | 107 | |||
| 45 - 64 | All Causes | 7,328 | 45 - 64 | All Causes | 4,813 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 1,680 | COVID-19 | 908 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 1,328 | Malignant Neoplasms | 821 | |||
| COVID-19 | 924 | Diseases of the Heart | 787 | |||
| Accidents | 844 | Accidents | 736 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 277 | Cirrhosis of Liver | 156 | |||
| 65 - 74 | All Causes | 5,936 | 65 - 74 | All Causes | 3,749 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 1,532 | COVID-19 | 827 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 1,270 | Malignant Neoplasms | 816 | |||
| COVID-19 | 839 | Diseases of the Heart | 778 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 259 | Accidents | 144 | |||
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 215 | Diabetes Mellitus | 124 | |||
| 75 - 84 | All Causes | 5,440 | 75 - 84 | All Causes | 4,268 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 1,508 | Diseases of the Heart | 953 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 924 | COVID-19 | 823 | |||
| COVID-19 | 733 | Malignant Neoplasms | 786 | |||
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 261 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 179 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 251 | Diabetes Mellitus | 147 | |||
| 85+ | All Causes | 5,073 | 85+ | All Causes | 4,332 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 1,598 | Diseases of the Heart | 1,234 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 546 | COVID-19 | 549 | |||
| COVID-19 | 503 | Malignant Neoplasms | 503 | |||
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 266 | Alzheimer's Disease | 242 | |||
| Alzheimer's Disease | 207 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 241 | |||
1 Race coding based on 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.
