Table 31a: Death Summary by Race/Ethnicity, New York State - 2023

Category Total Number(2) Total Percent Race(1) Ethnicity
White Number White Percent Black Number Black Percent Asian/PI Number Asian/PI Percent Other Number Other Percent Hispanic Number(3) Hispanic Percent
All Deaths 162,287 100.0 120,688 100.0 24,076 100.0 6,875 100.0 8,931 100.0 16,873 100.0
Sex
Male 82,769 51.0 60,900 50.5 12,240 50.8 3,654 53.1 4,876 54.6 9,204 54.5
Female 79,508 49.0 59,781 49.5 11,835 49.2 3,221 46.9 4,053 45.4 7,668 45.4
Not Stated 10 0.0 7 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.0 1 0.0
Age
< 1 825 0.5 381 0.3 232 1.0 36 0.5 129 1.4 194 1.1
1 - 9 303 0.2 139 0.1 82 0.3 28 0.4 48 0.5 68 0.4
10 - 19 560 0.3 274 0.2 160 0.7 27 0.4 91 1.0 145 0.9
20 - 24 762 0.5 387 0.3 206 0.9 49 0.7 109 1.2 199 1.2
25 - 34 2,965 1.8 1,659 1.4 794 3.3 92 1.3 356 4.0 662 3.9
35 - 44 4,879 3.0 2,897 2.4 1,211 5.0 182 2.6 497 5.6 1,075 6.4
45 - 54 8,031 4.9 4,844 4.0 1,927 8.0 357 5.2 762 8.5 1,411 8.4
55 - 64 19,166 11.8 12,347 10.2 4,476 18.6 704 10.2 1,340 15.0 2,594 15.4
65 - 74 30,749 18.9 22,121 18.3 5,210 21.6 1,314 19.1 1,699 19.0 2,923 17.3
75 - 84 40,700 25.1 31,642 26.2 5,027 20.9 1,717 25.0 1,956 21.9 3,605 21.4
85+ 53,342 32.9 43,997 36.5 4,750 19.7 2,369 34.5 1,944 21.8 3,997 23.7
Cause of Death
Heart Disease 41,187 25.4 30,351 25.1 6,488 26.9 1,767 25.7 2,054 23.0 3,857 22.8
Mal Neoplasms 32,260 19.9 24,275 20.1 4,367 18.1 1,653 24.0 1,743 19.5 3,007 17.8
Cerebrovas Dis 6,413 3.9 4,638 3.8 981 4.1 342 5.0 402 4.5 711 4.2
Diabetes Mellitus 4,494 2.8 2,951 2.4 942 3.9 228 3.3 324 3.6 569 3.4
Cirrhosis of Liver 1,838 1.1 1,406 1.2 171 0.7 53 0.8 178 2.0 357 2.1
CLRD 6,101 3.8 5,134 4.3 593 2.5 131 1.9 200 2.2 402 2.4
AIDS 354 0.2 116 0.1 183 0.8 2 0.0 35 0.4 104 0.6
Pneumonia 3,725 2.3 2,762 2.3 518 2.2 202 2.9 207 2.3 381 2.3
COVID-19 3,018 1.9 2,425 2.0 308 1.3 147 2.1 118 1.3 251 1.5
Unintentional Injuries 10,662 6.6 6,955 5.8 2,278 9.5 313 4.5 892 10.0 2,037 12.0
Homicide/Legal Int 771 0.5 213 0.2 435 1.8 21 0.3 78 0.9 189 1.1
Suicide 1,690 1.0 1,288 1.1 180 0.7 82 1.2 111 1.2 213 1.3
Alcohol Poisoning(4) 94 0.1 63 0.1 8 0.0 8 0.1 15 0.2 33 0.2
Other 49,773 30.7 38,173 31.6 6,632 27.5 1,934 28.1 2,589 28.9 4,795 28.4
Institution
Hospital 71,177 43.9 48,743 40.4 12,948 53.8 3,711 54.0 4,887 54.7 9,219 54.6
Home/Pub Place 50,339 31.0 38,658 32.0 6,731 28.0 1,895 27.6 2,525 28.3 4,795 28.4
Nursing Home 27,089 16.7 21,975 18.2 3,064 12.7 909 13.2 908 10.2 1,836 10.9
Hospice 8,491 5.2 7,536 6.2 511 2.1 192 2.8 243 2.7 394 2.3
Oth Institution 5,137 3.2 3,727 3.1 818 3.4 168 2.4 367 4.1 628 3.7
Type of Disposition
Burial 67,711 41.7 46,952 38.9 11,895 49.4 3,699 53.8 4,082 45.7 7,866 46.6
Cremation 87,602 54.0 67,790 56.2 11,622 48.3 3,087 44.9 4,486 50.2 8,600 51.0
Other/Unknown 6,974 4.3 5,946 4.9 559 2.3 89 1.3 363 4.1 407 2.4
Veteran Status
Veteran 22,504 13.9 20,340 16.9 1,685 7.0 62 0.9 348 3.9 682 4.0
Not Veteran 136,780 84.3 99,062 82.1 21,545 89.5 6,746 98.1 8,413 94.2 15,814 93.7
Not Stated 3,003 1.9 1,286 1.1 846 3.5 67 1.0 170 1.9 377 2.2

(1) Race coding is based on categories: White Alone, Black Alone, Asian/PI Alone, Other, Not Stated. Race is assigned regardless of Ethnicity.
More discrete Asian and/or Pacific Islander (PI) racial groups cannot be displayed due to small counts and confidentiality concerns (see Technical Notes).

(2) Total Deaths includes deaths with race "Not Stated", age "Not Stated", institution "Not Stated".

(3) Hispanic includes all Hispanics regardless of race. Hispanic total is not mutually exclusive with race totals.

(4) Alcohol poisoning category includes the following ICD-10 codes: X45, X65, and Y15. Category is not mutually exclusive with Unintentional Injuries and Suicide categories that include these ICD-10 codes.