Table 34c: Five Leading Causes of Death by Age and Race(1)/Ethnicity, New York City - 2021
| Total(2) | White | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Cause | Count | Age | Cause | Count | |
| Total(4) | All Causes | 63,596 | Total(4) | All Causes | 32,067 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 16,691 | Diseases of the Heart | 8,858 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 11,015 | Malignant Neoplasms | 5,627 | |||
| COVID-19 | 8,435 | COVID-19 | 3,975 | |||
| Accidents | 3,805 | Accidents | 1,845 | |||
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 2,208 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 1,061 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 1,729 | Pneumonia | 853 | |||
| Pneumonia | 1,600 | CLRD | 789 | |||
| CLRD | 1,409 | Alzheimer's Disease | 718 | |||
| Hypertension | 1,278 | Diabetes Mellitus | 661 | |||
| Alzheimer's Disease | 1,130 | Hypertension | 568 | |||
| < 1 | All Causes | 345 | < 1 | All Causes | 82 | |
| Cond Orig in the Perinatal Period | 170 | Cond Orig in the Perinatal Period | 36 | |||
| Congenital Anomalies | 60 | Congenital Anomalies | 19 | |||
| SIDS | 24 | SIDS | 5 | |||
| Accidents | 8 | Diseases of the Heart | 3 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 6 | Homicide and Legal Intervention | 3 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 6 | |||||
| 1 - 9 | All Causes | 120 | 1 - 9 | All Causes | 43 | |
| Accidents | 27 | Accidents | 9 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 14 | Congenital Anomalies | 8 | |||
| Congenital Anomalies | 14 | Malignant Neoplasms | 5 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 11 | Homicide and Legal Intervention | 3 | |||
| CLRD | 4 | Oth Dis of the Circ System | 2 | |||
| 10 - 19 | All Causes | 196 | 10 - 19 | All Causes | 65 | |
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 46 | Accidents | 14 | |||
| Accidents | 35 | Malignant Neoplasms | 13 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 26 | Congenital Anomalies | 6 | |||
| Suicide | 19 | Suicide | 6 | |||
| Congenital Anomalies | 12 | Homicide and Legal Intervention | 4 | |||
| 20 - 24 | All Causes | 332 | 20 - 24 | All Causes | 119 | |
| Accidents | 110 | Accidents | 51 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 66 | Suicide | 17 | |||
| Suicide | 42 | Homicide and Legal Intervention | 11 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 21 | Malignant Neoplasms | 8 | |||
| COVID-19 | 10 | COVID-19 | 4 | |||
| 25 - 44 | All Causes | 3,588 | 25 - 44 | All Causes | 1,393 | |
| Accidents | 1,101 | Accidents | 575 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 338 | Malignant Neoplasms | 127 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 331 | Diseases of the Heart | 99 | |||
| COVID-19 | 262 | Suicide | 90 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 258 | COVID-19 | 80 | |||
| 45 - 64 | All Causes | 12,892 | 45 - 64 | All Causes | 4,976 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 2,714 | Malignant Neoplasms | 1,095 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 2,692 | Diseases of the Heart | 992 | |||
| COVID-19 | 1,739 | Accidents | 675 | |||
| Accidents | 1,584 | COVID-19 | 608 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 389 | Cirrhosis of Liver | 153 | |||
| 65 - 74 | All Causes | 12,808 | 65 - 74 | All Causes | 5,832 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 3,255 | Diseases of the Heart | 1,492 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 3,054 | Malignant Neoplasms | 1,482 | |||
| COVID-19 | 2,076 | COVID-19 | 834 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 417 | Accidents | 183 | |||
| Accidents | 405 | Pneumonia | 172 | |||
| 75 - 84 | All Causes | 14,533 | 75 - 84 | All Causes | 7,708 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 3,957 | Diseases of the Heart | 2,085 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 2,853 | Malignant Neoplasms | 1,654 | |||
| COVID-19 | 2,232 | COVID-19 | 1,109 | |||
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 543 | CLRD | 250 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 456 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 238 | |||
| 85+ | All Causes | 18,779 | 85+ | All Causes | 11,849 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 6,414 | Diseases of the Heart | 4,183 | |||
| COVID-19 | 2,111 | COVID-19 | 1,337 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 2,014 | Malignant Neoplasms | 1,243 | |||
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 911 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 553 | |||
| Alzheimer's Disease | 817 | Alzheimer's Disease | 541 | |||
| Black | Hispanic(3) | |||||
| Age | Cause | Count | Age | Cause | Count | |
| Total(4) | All Causes | 17,410 | Total(4) | All Causes | 13,994 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 4,661 | Diseases of the Heart | 2,961 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 2,829 | Malignant Neoplasms | 2,237 | |||
| COVID-19 | 1,964 | COVID-19 | 2,237 | |||
| Accidents | 1,136 | Accidents | 1,237 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 649 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 488 | |||
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 623 | Diabetes Mellitus | 400 | |||
| Hypertension | 453 | Pneumonia | 358 | |||
| Pneumonia | 406 | Alzheimer's Disease | 299 | |||
| CLRD | 359 | CLRD | 279 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 324 | Hypertension | 255 | |||
| < 1 | All Causes | 146 | < 1 | All Causes | 78 | |
| Cond Orig in the Perinatal Period | 77 | Cond Orig in the Perinatal Period | 33 | |||
| Congenital Anomalies | 17 | Congenital Anomalies | 16 | |||
| SIDS | 12 | SIDS | 8 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 3 | Diseases of the Heart | 3 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 3 | Accidents | 3 | |||
| 1 - 9 | All Causes | 41 | 1 - 9 | All Causes | 35 | |
| Accidents | 12 | Accidents | 10 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 5 | Congenital Anomalies | 5 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 4 | Malignant Neoplasms | 4 | |||
| CLRD | 2 | Diseases of the Heart | 2 | |||
| Congenital Anomalies | 2 | CLRD | 2 | |||
| 10 - 19 | All Causes | 82 | 10 - 19 | All Causes | 62 | |
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 38 | Accidents | 14 | |||
| Accidents | 11 | Malignant Neoplasms | 11 | |||
| Suicide | 6 | Homicide and Legal Intervention | 9 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 5 | Suicide | 6 | |||
| Congenital Anomalies | 4 | Congenital Anomalies | 4 | |||
| 20 - 24 | All Causes | 116 | 20 - 24 | All Causes | 107 | |
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 44 | Accidents | 34 | |||
| Accidents | 27 | Homicide and Legal Intervention | 22 | |||
| Suicide | 6 | Suicide | 12 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 5 | Malignant Neoplasms | 10 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 2 | COVID-19 | 4 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 2 | |||||
| CLRD | 2 | |||||
| Comp of Preg, Childbirth, & Puerperium | 2 | |||||
| 25 - 44 | All Causes | 1,266 | 25 - 44 | All Causes | 1,172 | |
| Accidents | 277 | Accidents | 436 | |||
| Homicide and Legal Intervention | 174 | COVID-19 | 97 | |||
| Diseases of the Heart | 153 | Diseases of the Heart | 89 | |||
| COVID-19 | 102 | Malignant Neoplasms | 83 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 89 | Homicide and Legal Intervention | 71 | |||
| 45 - 64 | All Causes | 4,724 | 45 - 64 | All Causes | 3,357 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 1,135 | Malignant Neoplasms | 585 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 870 | Diseases of the Heart | 582 | |||
| Accidents | 597 | COVID-19 | 560 | |||
| COVID-19 | 535 | Accidents | 519 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 152 | Cirrhosis of Liver | 113 | |||
| 65 - 74 | All Causes | 3,946 | 65 - 74 | All Causes | 2,763 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 1,112 | Diseases of the Heart | 612 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 852 | Malignant Neoplasms | 582 | |||
| COVID-19 | 537 | COVID-19 | 578 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 165 | Accidents | 115 | |||
| Accidents | 126 | Diabetes Mellitus | 93 | |||
| 75 - 84 | All Causes | 3,647 | 75 - 84 | All Causes | 3,149 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 1,091 | Diseases of the Heart | 742 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 615 | COVID-19 | 592 | |||
| COVID-19 | 475 | Malignant Neoplasms | 578 | |||
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 170 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 116 | |||
| Diabetes Mellitus | 167 | Diabetes Mellitus | 109 | |||
| 85+ | All Causes | 3,442 | 85+ | All Causes | 3,271 | |
| Diseases of the Heart | 1,164 | Diseases of the Heart | 927 | |||
| Malignant Neoplasms | 387 | COVID-19 | 404 | |||
| COVID-19 | 313 | Malignant Neoplasms | 384 | |||
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 167 | Alzheimer's Disease | 198 | |||
| Alzheimer's Disease | 146 | Cerebrovascular Disease | 183 | |||
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.
