Table 34b: Deaths From Five Leading Causes of Death by Age and Race/Ethnicity
New York State Exclusive of New York City 1997

Total1
Age	Cause	Count
Total	All Causes	96,097
	Diseases of the Heart	34,490
	Malignant Neoplasms	23,672
	Cerebrovascular Disease	5,739
	COPD	4,415
	Pneumonia	3,979
<1	All Causes	891
	Cond Orig in the Perinatal Period	446
	Congenital Anomalies	191
	SIDS	68
	Diseases of the Heart	18
	Accidents	17
1 - 9	All Causes	295
	Accidents	96
	Malignant Neoplasms	39
	Congenital Anomalies	30
	Diseases of the Heart	18
	Pneumonia	13
10 - 19	All Causes	485
	Accidents	229
	Suicide	53
	Malignant Neoplasms	36
	Homicide and Legal Intervention	33
	Diseases of the Heart	21
20 - 24	All Causes	493
	Accidents	206
	Suicide	68
	Homicide and Legal Intervention	63
	Malignant Neoplasms	32
	Diseases of the Heart	26
25 - 44	All Causes	4,029
	Malignant Neoplasms	826
	Accidents	643
	Diseases of the Heart	592
	Suicide	347
	AIDS	286
45 - 64	All Causes	14,086
	Malignant Neoplasms	5,394
	Diseases of the Heart	4,027
	Cerebrovascular Disease	483
	Accidents	475
	COPD	469
65+	All Causes	75,808
	Diseases of the Heart	29,783
	Malignant Neoplasms	17,342
	Cerebrovascular Disease	5,142
	COPD	3,911
	Pneumonia	3,644
White
Age	Cause	Count
Total	All Causes	89,667
	Diseases of the Heart	32,546
	Malignant Neoplasms	22,191
	Cerebrovascular Disease	5,387
	COPD	4,255
	Pneumonia	3,779
<1	All Causes	626
	Cond Orig in the Perinatal Period	296
	Congenital Anomalies	154
	SIDS	46
	Diseases of the Heart	15
	Accidents	10
1 - 9	All Causes	239
	Accidents	81
	Malignant Neoplasms	34
	Congenital Anomalies	25
	Diseases of the Heart	13
	Homicide and Legal Intervention	12
10 - 19	All Causes	394
	Accidents	207
	Suicide	48
	Malignant Neoplasms	29
	Congenital Anomalies	18
	Diseases of the Heart	14
20 - 24	All Causes	396
	Accidents	185
	Suicide	58
	Malignant Neoplasms	29
	Homicide and Legal Intervention	21
	Diseases of the Heart	18
25 - 44	All Causes	3,284
	Malignant Neoplasms	713
	Accidents	572
	Diseases of the Heart	500
	Suicide	321
	AIDS	171
45 - 64	All Causes	12,324
	Malignant Neoplasms	4,844
	Diseases of the Heart	3,519
	COPD	438
	Accidents	426
	Cerebrovascular Disease	397
65+	All Causes	72,399
	Diseases of the Heart	28,465
	Malignant Neoplasms	16,539
	Cerebrovascular Disease	4,905
	COPD	3,788
	Pneumonia	3,507
Black
Age	Cause	Count
Total	All Causes	5,795
	Diseases of the Heart	1,736
	Malignant Neoplasms	1,323
	Cerebrovascular Disease	320
	Diabetes Mellitus	202
	Accidents	195
<1	All Causes	230
	Cond Orig in the Perinatal Period	133
	Congenital Anomalies	31
	SIDS	22
	Pneumonia	4
	Accidents	4
1 - 9	All Causes	52
	Accidents	14
	Malignant Neoplasms	4
	Diseases of the Heart	4
	Congenital Anomalies	4
	Pneumonia	3
10 - 19	All Causes	78
	Homicide and Legal Intervention	22
	Accidents	18
	Diseases of the Heart	6
	Malignant Neoplasms	5
	Suicide	4
20 - 24	All Causes	89
	Homicide and Legal Intervention	41
	Accidents	18
	Suicide	8
	Diseases of the Heart	6
	Malignant Neoplasms	3
25 - 44	All Causes	691
	AIDS	114
	Malignant Neoplasms	95
	Diseases of the Heart	85
	Homicide and Legal Intervention	73
	Accidents	63
45 - 64	All Causes	1,591
	Malignant Neoplasms	484
	Diseases of the Heart	461
	Cerebrovascular Disease	81
	AIDS	69
	Diabetes Mellitus	50
65+	All Causes	3,063
	Diseases of the Heart	1,171
	Malignant Neoplasms	732
	Cerebrovascular Disease	211
	Diabetes Mellitus	141
	Pneumonia	127
Hispanic2
Age	Cause	Count
Total	All Causes	1,459
	Diseases of the Heart	397
	Malignant Neoplasms	289
	Accidents	127
	AIDS	72
	Cerebrovascular Disease	60
<1	All Causes	78
	Cond Orig in the Perinatal Period	38
	Congenital Anomalies	20
	SIDS	5
	Diseases of the Heart	4
	Accidents	1
1 - 9	All Causes	20
	Homicide and Legal Intervention	5
	Accidents	4
	Pneumonia	2
	AIDS	1
	Malignant Neoplasms	1
10 - 19	All Causes	34
	Accidents	16
	Homicide and Legal Intervention	5
	Suicide	4
	AIDS	1
	Malignant Neoplasms	1
20 - 24	All Causes	42
	Accidents	16
	Homicide and Legal Intervention	10
	Malignant Neoplasms	4
	Suicide	4
	Cerebrovascular Disease	1
25 - 44	All Causes	249
	AIDS	55
	Accidents	48
	Malignant Neoplasms	24
	Diseases of the Heart	23
	Homicide and Legal Intervention	14
45 - 64	All Causes	345
	Malignant Neoplasms	108
	Diseases of the Heart	74
	Accidents	22
	Cerebrovascular Disease	21
	AIDS	15
65+	All Causes	691
	Diseases of the Heart	295
	Malignant Neoplasms	151
	Pneumonia	35
	Cerebrovascular Disease	32
	Diabetes Mellitus	24

1 Total Deaths = White + Black + Other + Not Stated

2 Hispanic is a separate count equal to Hispanic White + Hispanic Black + Hispanic Other + Hispanic Not Stated

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