Table 44: Deaths due to Homicide and Legal Intervention by Race/Ethnicity, Sex and Age
New York State 1997
	Age at Death
Race/Ethnicity and Sex	Total3	< 1	1-9	10-19	20-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75+
New York State
Total(1)	1,121	16	29	123	227	313	203	110	43	33	23
Male	889	8	16	107	199	253	159	86	31	20	10
Female	232	8	13	16	28	60	44	24	12	13	13
White	513	10	15	46	80	136	104	54	28	22	18
Male	378	5	7	38	67	101	78	41	21	12	8
Female	135	5	8	8	13	35	26	13	7	10	10
Black	563	4	11	75	138	165	92	49	15	10	4
Male	479	2	8	69	125	142	75	40	10	7	1
Female	84	2	3	6	13	23	17	9	5	3	3
Other	31	1	2	1	6	8	7	5	0	1	0
Male	24	1	1	0	4	7	6	4	0	1	0
Female	7	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0
Hispanic(2)	275	1	7	32	55	75	59	27	12	6	1
Male	226	1	2	29	47	64	48	20	9	6	0
Female	49	0	5	3	8	11	11	7	3	0	1
New York State Exclusive of New York City
Total(1)	332	7	13	33	63	95	60	27	11	10	12
Male	239	3	7	31	55	66	40	20	6	5	6
Female	93	4	6	2	8	29	20	7	5	5	6
White	168	6	12	11	21	45	36	15	5	7	10
Male	106	3	6	9	18	25	23	11	3	3	5
Female	62	3	6	2	3	20	13	4	2	4	5
Black	159	0	1	22	41	49	24	12	6	3	1
Male	131	0	1	22	37	40	17	9	3	2	0
Female	28	0	0	0	4	9	7	3	3	1	1
Other	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Male	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Female	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hispanic(2)	37	1	5	5	10	9	5	1	1	0	0
Male	29	1	2	5	9	6	5	1	0	0	0
Female	8	0	3	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0
New York City
Total(1)	789	9	16	90	164	218	143	83	32	23	11
Male	650	5	9	76	144	187	119	66	25	15	4
Female	139	4	7	14	20	31	24	17	7	8	7
White	345	4	3	35	59	91	68	39	23	15	8
Male	272	2	1	29	49	76	55	30	18	9	3
Female	73	2	2	6	10	15	13	9	5	6	5
Black	404	4	10	53	97	116	68	37	9	7	3
Male	348	2	7	47	88	102	58	31	7	5	1
Female	56	2	3	6	9	14	10	6	2	2	2
Other	30	1	2	1	5	8	7	5	0	1	0
Male	24	1	1	0	4	7	6	4	0	1	0
Female	6	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
Hispanic(2)	238	0	2	27	45	66	54	26	11	6	1
Male	197	0	0	24	38	58	43	19	9	6	0
Female	41	0	2	3	7	8	11	7	2	0	1
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
3 Total includes records with Age Not Stated

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