Table 34b: Five Leading Causes of Death by Age and Race(1)/Ethnicity, New York State Exclusive of New York City - 2021
| Total(2) | White | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Cause | Count | Age | Cause | Count | |
| Total(4) | All Causes | 117,825 | Total(4) | All Causes | 103,050 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 25,552 | Diseases of the Heart | 22,663 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 21,449 | Malignant Neoplasms | 19,141 | |||
| COVID-19 | 13,163 | COVID-19 | 11,034 | |||
| Accidents | 6,286 | Accidents | 5,136 | |||
| CLRD | 4,456 | CLRD | 4,152 | |||
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 4,427 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 3,811 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 3,070 | Diabetes Mellitus | 2,498 | |||
| Alzheimer's Disease | 2,423 | Alzheimer's Disease | 2,247 | |||
| Pneumonia | 2,124 | Pneumonia | 1,887 | |||
| Nephritis, Neph Syndrome et al | 1,808 | Nephritis, Neph Syndrome et al | 1,540 | |||
| < 1 | All Causes | 528 | < 1 | All Causes | 305 | |
| Cond Orig in the Perinatal Period | 251 | Cond Orig in the Perinatal Period | 126 | |||
| Congenital Anomalies | 103 | Congenital Anomalies | 73 | |||
| Accidents | 43 | Accidents | 26 | |||
| SIDS | 33 | SIDS | 23 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 5 | Diseases of the Heart | 2 | |||
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 2 | |||||
| Nephritis, Neph Syndrome et al | 2 | |||||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 2 | |||||
| 1 - 9 | All Causes | 152 | 1 - 9 | All Causes | 84 | |
| Accidents | 35 | Malignant Neoplasms | 18 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 24 | Accidents | 15 | |||
| Congenital Anomalies | 13 | Congenital Anomalies | 8 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 8 | Diseases of the Heart | 3 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 6 | Homicide and Legal Intervention | 3 | |||
| 10 - 19 | All Causes | 344 | 10 - 19 | All Causes | 220 | |
| Accidents | 106 | Accidents | 77 | |||
| Suicide | 56 | Suicide | 48 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 38 | Malignant Neoplasms | 12 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 25 | Congenital Anomalies | 10 | |||
| Congenital Anomalies | 12 | Homicide and Legal Intervention | 7 | |||
| 20 - 24 | All Causes | 569 | 20 - 24 | All Causes | 365 | |
| Accidents | 262 | Accidents | 195 | |||
| Suicide | 63 | Suicide | 41 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 61 | Malignant Neoplasms | 15 | |||
| COVID-19 | 21 | COVID-19 | 13 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 20 | Diseases of the Heart | 11 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 11 | |||||
| 25 - 44 | All Causes | 5,318 | 25 - 44 | All Causes | 3,935 | |
| Accidents | 2,044 | Accidents | 1,612 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 442 | Malignant Neoplasms | 317 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 411 | Suicide | 312 | |||
| Suicide | 375 | Diseases of the Heart | 295 | |||
| COVID-19 | 361 | COVID-19 | 249 | |||
| 45 - 64 | All Causes | 19,796 | 45 - 64 | All Causes | 15,899 | |
| Malignant Neoplasms | 4,682 | Malignant Neoplasms | 3,952 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 3,649 | Diseases of the Heart | 2,932 | |||
| COVID-19 | 2,490 | COVID-19 | 1,820 | |||
| Accidents | 1,779 | Accidents | 1,394 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 669 | Cirrhosis of Liver | 571 | |||
| 65 - 74 | All Causes | 22,594 | 65 - 74 | All Causes | 19,496 | |
| Malignant Neoplasms | 6,070 | Malignant Neoplasms | 5,392 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 4,468 | Diseases of the Heart | 3,851 | |||
| COVID-19 | 2,822 | COVID-19 | 2,293 | |||
| CLRD | 1,092 | CLRD | 1,016 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 779 | Diabetes Mellitus | 640 | |||
| 75 - 84 | All Causes | 28,659 | 75 - 84 | All Causes | 25,616 | |
| Malignant Neoplasms | 6,023 | Malignant Neoplasms | 5,489 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 6,015 | Diseases of the Heart | 5,356 | |||
| COVID-19 | 3,396 | COVID-19 | 2,919 | |||
| CLRD | 1,474 | CLRD | 1,397 | |||
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 1,183 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 1,026 | |||
| 85+ | All Causes | 39,863 | 85+ | All Causes | 37,128 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 10,937 | Diseases of the Heart | 10,207 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 4,194 | Malignant Neoplasms | 3,946 | |||
| COVID-19 | 4,059 | COVID-19 | 3,730 | |||
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 1,979 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 1,808 | |||
| Alzheimer's Disease | 1,628 | Alzheimer's Disease | 1,531 | |||
| Black | Hispanic(3) | |||||
| Age | Cause | Count | Age | Cause | Count | |
| Total(4) | All Causes | 9,297 | Total(4) | All Causes | 5,563 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 1,936 | COVID-19 | 1,051 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 1,402 | Diseases of the Heart | 940 | |||
| COVID-19 | 1,213 | Malignant Neoplasms | 870 | |||
| Accidents | 731 | Accidents | 632 | |||
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 383 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 188 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 380 | Diabetes Mellitus | 151 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 247 | Cirrhosis of Liver | 89 | |||
| CLRD | 192 | Alzheimer's Disease | 88 | |||
| Nephritis, Neph Syndrome et al | 192 | CLRD | 86 | |||
| Hypertension | 163 | Pneumonia | 80 | |||
| < 1 | All Causes | 125 | < 1 | All Causes | 95 | |
| Cond Orig in the Perinatal Period | 69 | Cond Orig in the Perinatal Period | 47 | |||
| Congenital Anomalies | 13 | Congenital Anomalies | 18 | |||
| Accidents | 11 | Accidents | 7 | |||
| SIDS | 6 | SIDS | 3 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 2 | Homicide and Legal Intervention | 1 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 2 | COVID-19 | 1 | |||
| 1 - 9 | All Causes | 34 | 1 - 9 | All Causes | 31 | |
| Accidents | 13 | Accidents | 5 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 3 | Malignant Neoplasms | 4 | |||
| Congenital Anomalies | 2 | Congenital Anomalies | 2 | |||
| Cond Orig in the Perinatal Period | 2 | Homicide and Legal Intervention | 2 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 2 | Diseases of the Heart | 1 | |||
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 1 | |||||
| COVID-19 | 1 | |||||
| 10 - 19 | All Causes | 67 | 10 - 19 | All Causes | 66 | |
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 24 | Accidents | 23 | |||
| Accidents | 12 | Suicide | 6 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 5 | Homicide and Legal Intervention | 6 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 3 | Malignant Neoplasms | 3 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 3 | Diseases of the Heart | 2 | |||
| COVID-19 | 3 | Congenital Anomalies | 2 | |||
| 20 - 24 | All Causes | 127 | 20 - 24 | All Causes | 84 | |
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 42 | Accidents | 43 | |||
| Accidents | 36 | Suicide | 8 | |||
| Suicide | 10 | Homicide and Legal Intervention | 8 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 6 | Malignant Neoplasms | 6 | |||
| COVID-19 | 5 | Diseases of the Heart | 3 | |||
| 25 - 44 | All Causes | 926 | 25 - 44 | All Causes | 665 | |
| Accidents | 283 | Accidents | 263 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 138 | COVID-19 | 74 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 109 | Malignant Neoplasms | 60 | |||
| COVID-19 | 65 | Diseases of the Heart | 45 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 49 | Homicide and Legal Intervention | 36 | |||
| 45 - 64 | All Causes | 2,604 | 45 - 64 | All Causes | 1,456 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 545 | COVID-19 | 348 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 458 | Malignant Neoplasms | 236 | |||
| COVID-19 | 389 | Accidents | 217 | |||
| Accidents | 247 | Diseases of the Heart | 205 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 125 | Diabetes Mellitus | 50 | |||
| 65 - 74 | All Causes | 1,990 | 65 - 74 | All Causes | 986 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 420 | COVID-19 | 249 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 418 | Malignant Neoplasms | 234 | |||
| COVID-19 | 302 | Diseases of the Heart | 166 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 94 | Diabetes Mellitus | 31 | |||
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 90 | Accidents | 29 | |||
| 75 - 84 | All Causes | 1,793 | 75 - 84 | All Causes | 1,119 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 417 | COVID-19 | 231 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 309 | Diseases of the Heart | 211 | |||
| COVID-19 | 258 | Malignant Neoplasms | 208 | |||
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 91 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 63 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 84 | Diabetes Mellitus | 38 | |||
| 85+ | All Causes | 1,631 | 85+ | All Causes | 1,061 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 434 | Diseases of the Heart | 307 | |||
| COVID-19 | 190 | COVID-19 | 145 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 159 | Malignant Neoplasms | 119 | |||
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 99 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 58 | |||
| Alzheimer's Disease | 61 | Alzheimer's Disease | 44 | |||
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.
