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

Total1
Age	Cause	Count
Total	All Causes	61,878
	Diseases of the Heart	26,138
	Malignant Neoplasms	13,608
	Pneumonia	2,644
	AIDS	2,572
	Cerebrovascular Disease	2,251
<1	All Causes	837
	Cond Orig in the Perinatal Period	474
	Congenital Anomalies	192
	SIDS	50
	Diseases of the Heart	17
	Accidents	10
1 - 9	All Causes	222
	Accidents	40
	Congenital Anomalies	34
	AIDS	21
	Homicide and Legal Intervention	16
	Malignant Neoplasms	15
10 - 19	All Causes	337
	Homicide and Legal Intervention	90
	Accidents	76
	Suicide	27
	Malignant Neoplasms	23
	AIDS	18
20 - 24	All Causes	483
	Homicide and Legal Intervention	164
	Accidents	81
	Malignant Neoplasms	38
	Suicide	38
	Diseases of the Heart	31
25 - 44	All Causes	5,215
	AIDS	1,509
	Malignant Neoplasms	674
	Diseases of the Heart	500
	Homicide and Legal Intervention	361
	Accidents	295
45 - 64	All Causes	11,595
	Malignant Neoplasms	3,560
	Diseases of the Heart	3,152
	AIDS	928
	Cerebrovascular Disease	464
	Cirrhosis of Liver	395
65+	All Causes	43,187
	Diseases of the Heart	22,416
	Malignant Neoplasms	9,294
	Pneumonia	2,279
	Cerebrovascular Disease	1,684
	COPD	1,300
White
Age	Cause	Count
Total	All Causes	42,942
	Diseases of the Heart	19,790
	Malignant Neoplasms	9,411
	Pneumonia	1,885
	Cerebrovascular Disease	1,435
	COPD	1,213
<1	All Causes	339
	Cond Orig in the Perinatal Period	162
	Congenital Anomalies	98
	SIDS	24
	Diseases of the Heart	9
	Nephritis Neph Syndrome et al	5
1 - 9	All Causes	90
	Congenital Anomalies	16
	Accidents	16
	Malignant Neoplasms	9
	AIDS	8
	Pneumonia	4
10 - 19	All Causes	159
	Accidents	44
	Homicide	35
	Malignant Neoplasms	12
	Suicide	12
	AIDS	6
20 - 24	All Causes	256
	Homicide and Legal Intervention	59
	Accidents	49
	Malignant Neoplasms	28
	Suicide	27
	AIDS	9
25 - 44	All Causes	2,753
	AIDS	724
	Malignant Neoplasms	378
	Diseases of the Heart	246
	Accidents	175
	Suicide	164
45 - 64	All Causes	6,608
	Malignant Neoplasms	2,185
	Diseases of the Heart	1,812
	AIDS	398
	Cirrhosis of Liver	283
	Cerebrovasculas Disease	222
65+	All Causes	32,736
	Diseases of the Heart	17,707
	Malignant Neoplasms	6,797
	Pneumonia	1,724
	Cerebrovascular Disease	1,171
	COPD	1,004
Black
Age	Cause	Count
Total	All Causes	15,966
	Diseases of the Heart	5,358
	Malignant Neoplasms	3,512
	AIDS	1,330
	Cerebrovascular Disease	652
	Pneumonia	622
<1	All Causes	339
	Cond Orig in the Perinatal Period	199
	Congenital Anomalies	64
	SIDS	23
	AIDS	5
	Accidents	5
1 - 9	All Causes	113
	Accidents	19
	AIDS	13
	Congenital Anomalies	13
	Homicide and Legal Intervention	10
	Malignant Neoplasms	6
10 - 19	All Causes	162
	Homicide and Legal Intervention	53
	Accidents	27
	Suicide	13
	AIDS	11
	Malignant Neoplasms	10
20 - 24	All Causes	194
	Homicide and Legal Intervention	97
	Accidents	23
	Diseases of the Heart	20
	AIDS	9
	Suicide	9
25 - 44	All Causes	2,178
	AIDS	745
	Malignant Neoplasms	234
	Diseases of the Heart	224
	Homicide and Legal Intervention	184
	Accidents	91
45 - 64	All Causes	4,308
	Malignant Neoplasms	1,169
	Diseases of the Heart	1,141
	AIDS	500
	Cerebrovascular Disease	204
	Diabetes Mellitus	169
65+	All Causes	8,671
	Diseases of the Heart	3,956
	Malignant Neoplasms	2,084
	Pneumonia	444
	Cerebrovascular Disease	395
	Diabetes Mellitus	392
Hispanic2
Age	Cause	Count
Total	All Causes	7,932
	Diseases of the Heart	2,375
	Malignant Neoplasms	1,518
	AIDS	749
	Cerebrovascular Disease	331
	Diabetes Mellitus	304
<1	All Causes	153
	Cond Orig in the Perinatal Period	79
	Congenital Anomalies	39
	SIDS	15
	Diseases of the Heart	4
	Nephritis Neph Synd et al	2
1 - 9	All Causes	38
	Accidents	11
	AIDS	7
	Congenital Anomalies	7
	Malignant Neoplasms	4
	Homicide and Legal Intervention	2
10 - 19	All Causes	76
	Homicide and Legal Intervention	27
	Accidents	14
	Suicide	8
	Malignant Neoplasms	6
	AIDS	5
20 - 24	All Causes	143
	Homicide and Legal Intervention	45
	Accidents	29
	Malignant Neoplasms	13
	Suicide	11
	AIDS	6
25 - 44	All Causes	1,315
	AIDS	459
	Homicide and Legal Intervention	120
	Malignant Neoplasms	113
	Diseases of the Heart	98
	Suicide	64
45 - 64	All Causes	2,300
	Malignant Neoplasms	575
	Diseases of the Heart	511
	AIDS	257
	Cirrhosis of Liver	156
	Cerebrovascular Disease	105
65+	All Causes	3,906
	Diseases of the Heart	1,759
	Malignant Neoplasms	806
	Pneumonia	219
	Diabetes Mellitus	210
	Cerebrovascular Disease	204

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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