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Table 31: Death Summary Information by Race/Ethnicity
New York State 1998

  Total1 White Black Other Hispanic2
    Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent

Total Deaths 155,651 100.0 130,772 100.0 21,111 100.0 2,731 100.0 9,088 100.0
Sex
  Male 74,014 47.6 61,604 47.1 10,329 48.9 1,544 56.5 4,973 54.7
  Female 81,637 52.4 69,168 52.9 10,782 51.1 1,187 43.5 4,115 45.3
Age
  <1 1,608 1.0 885 0.7 529 2.5 52 1.9 214 2.4
  1 - 9 494 0.3 297 0.2 177 0.8 14 0.5 69 0.8
  10 - 19 804 0.5 553 0.4 227 1.1 19 0.7 106 1.2
  20 - 24 809 0.5 513 0.4 262 1.2 28 1.0 137 1.5
  25 - 34 2,544 1.6 1,600 1.2 829 3.9 96 3.5 430 4.7
  35 - 44 5,767 3.7 3,842 2.9 1,719 8.2 156 5.7 876 9.6
  45 - 54 9,861 6.3 6,950 5.3 2,504 11.9 307 11.3 1,152 12.7
  55 - 64 15,359 9.9 11,596 8.9 3,263 15.5 385 14.1 1,371 15.1
  65 - 74 29,926 19.2 24,857 19.0 4,299 20.4 585 21.5 1,804 19.9
  75 - 84 44,729 28.8 39,592 30.3 4,325 20.5 609 22.4 1,699 18.7
  85+ 43,644 28.1 40,013 30.6 2,957 14.0 472 17.3 1,220 13.4
Cause of Death
  Heart Disease 59,241 38.1 51,175 39.1 6,789 32.2 923 33.8 2,676 29.4
  Malignant Neoplasms 36,844 23.7 31,121 23.8 4,843 22.9 703 25.7 1,904 21.0
  Cerebrovascular Disease 7,747 5.0 6,637 5.1 923 4.4 162 5.9 394 4.3
  AIDS 2,269 1.5 1,033 0.8 1,164 5.5 19 0.7 570 6.3
  Pneumonia 6,800 4.4 5,827 4.5 797 3.8 120 4.4 385 4.2
  COPD 6,408 4.1 5,797 4.4 521 2.5 55 2.0 253 2.8
  Accidents 3,978 2.6 3,358 2.6 496 2.3 112 4.1 333 3.7
Institution
  Hospital 91,371 58.9 73,946 56.7 14,673 69.6 1,979 72.6 6,668 73.4
  Home/Public Place 34,334 22.1 29,583 22.7 4,056 19.2 533 19.6 1,677 18.5
  Nursing Home 24,785 16.0 22,697 17.4 1,802 8.5 194 7.1 609 6.7
  Other Institution 4,764 3.1 4,178 3.2 557 2.6 19 0.7 125 1.4

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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Revised: May 2001