| Table 31: Death Summary Information by Race/Ethnicity | |||||||||||
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| New York State 1997 | |||||||||||
| Total1 | White | Black | Other | Hispanic2 | |||||||
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | ||
| Total Deaths | |||||||||||
| 157,975 | 100.0 | 132,609 | 100.0 | 21,761 | 100.0 | 2,690 | 100.0 | 9,391 | 100.0 | ||
| Sex | |||||||||||
| Male | 76,069 | 48.2 | 63,094 | 47.6 | 10,897 | 50.1 | 1,553 | 57.7 | 5,232 | 55.7 | |
| Female | 81,906 | 51.8 | 69,515 | 52.4 | 10,864 | 49.9 | 1,137 | 42.3 | 4,159 | 44.3 | |
| Age | |||||||||||
| <1 | 1,728 | 1.1 | 965 | 0.7 | 569 | 2.6 | 60 | 2.2 | 231 | 2.5 | |
| 1 - 9 | 517 | 0.3 | 329 | 0.2 | 165 | 0.8 | 20 | 0.7 | 58 | 0.6 | |
| 10 - 19 | 822 | 0.5 | 553 | 0.4 | 240 | 1.1 | 23 | 0.9 | 110 | 1.2 | |
| 20 - 24 | 976 | 0.6 | 652 | 0.5 | 283 | 1.3 | 30 | 1.1 | 185 | 2.0 | |
| 25 - 34 | 2,934 | 1.9 | 1,916 | 1.4 | 919 | 4.2 | 78 | 2.9 | 554 | 5.9 | |
| 35 - 44 | 6,310 | 4.0 | 4,121 | 3.1 | 1,950 | 9.0 | 176 | 6.5 | 1,010 | 10.8 | |
| 45 - 54 | 10,159 | 6.4 | 7,198 | 5.4 | 2,598 | 11.9 | 291 | 10.8 | 1,253 | 13.3 | |
| 55 - 64 | 15,522 | 9.8 | 11,734 | 8.8 | 3,301 | 15.2 | 391 | 14.5 | 1,392 | 14.8 | |
| 65 - 74 | 31,198 | 19.8 | 25,984 | 19.6 | 4,487 | 20.6 | 560 | 20.8 | 1,843 | 19.6 | |
| 75 - 84 | 45,067 | 28.5 | 39,894 | 30.1 | 4,340 | 19.9 | 652 | 24.2 | 1,601 | 17.1 | |
| 85+ | 42,730 | 27.1 | 39,257 | 29.6 | 2,907 | 13.4 | 408 | 15.2 | 1,153 | 12.3 | |
| Cause of Death | |||||||||||
| Heart Disease | 60,628 | 38.4 | 52,336 | 39.5 | 7,094 | 32.6 | 903 | 33.6 | 2,772 | 29.5 | |
| Malignant Neoplasms | 37,280 | 23.6 | 31,602 | 23.8 | 4,835 | 22.2 | 701 | 26.1 | 1,807 | 19.2 | |
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 7,990 | 5.1 | 6,822 | 5.1 | 972 | 4.5 | 162 | 6.0 | 391 | 4.2 | |
| AIDS | 3,010 | 1.9 | 1,414 | 1.1 | 1,520 | 7.0 | 26 | 1.0 | 821 | 8.7 | |
| Pneumonia | 6,623 | 4.2 | 5,664 | 4.3 | 803 | 3.7 | 110 | 4.1 | 330 | 3.5 | |
| COPD | 6,065 | 3.8 | 5,468 | 4.1 | 487 | 2.2 | 85 | 3.2 | 222 | 2.4 | |
| Accidents | 4,232 | 2.7 | 3,569 | 2.7 | 512 | 2.4 | 125 | 4.6 | 384 | 4.1 | |
| Institution | |||||||||||
| Hospital | 93,369 | 59.2 | 75,455 | 57.0 | 15,218 | 70.1 | 2,003 | 74.5 | 6,852 | 73.0 | |
| Home/Public Place | 35,133 | 22.3 | 30,407 | 23.0 | 4,069 | 18.7 | 517 | 19.2 | 1,777 | 18.9 | |
| Nursing Home | 23,672 | 15.0 | 21,658 | 16.4 | 1,801 | 8.3 | 148 | 5.5 | 595 | 6.3 | |
| Other Institution | 5,426 | 3.4 | 4,756 | 3.6 | 636 | 2.9 | 20 | 0.7 | 158 | 1.7 | |
| 1 Total Deaths = White + Black + Other + Not Stated. Total includes records with information Not Stated | |||||||||||
| 2 Hispanic Deaths is a separate count equal to Hispanic White + Hispanic Black + Hispanic Other + Hispanic Not Stated | |||||||||||
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