Table 31c: Death Summary by Race/Ethnicity, New York City - 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 55,085 100.0 27,071 100.0 15,780 100.0 5,101 100.0 5,569 100.0 12,166 100.0
Sex
Male 28,352 51.5 13,700 50.6 7,897 50.0 2,713 53.2 3,045 54.7 6,587 54.1
Female 26,732 48.5 13,371 49.4 7,882 49.9 2,388 46.8 2,524 45.3 5,579 45.9
Not Stated 1 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Age
< 1 349 0.6 114 0.4 121 0.8 21 0.4 57 1.0 89 0.7
1 - 9 125 0.2 36 0.1 42 0.3 16 0.3 26 0.5 38 0.3
10 - 19 228 0.4 73 0.3 88 0.6 15 0.3 44 0.8 78 0.6
20 - 24 317 0.6 107 0.4 111 0.7 36 0.7 53 1.0 113 0.9
25 - 34 1,236 2.2 467 1.7 466 3.0 61 1.2 184 3.3 445 3.7
35 - 44 2,014 3.7 794 2.9 730 4.6 127 2.5 277 5.0 720 5.9
45 - 54 3,309 6.0 1,237 4.6 1,218 7.7 275 5.4 452 8.1 968 8.0
55 - 64 7,364 13.4 2,792 10.3 2,971 18.8 520 10.2 811 14.6 1,867 15.3
65 - 74 10,393 18.9 4,528 16.7 3,404 21.6 992 19.4 1,109 19.9 2,154 17.7
75 - 84 13,045 23.7 6,834 25.2 3,366 21.3 1,233 24.2 1,277 22.9 2,720 22.4
85+ 16,703 30.3 10,089 37.3 3,262 20.7 1,805 35.4 1,279 23.0 2,974 24.4
Cause of Death
Heart Disease 15,917 28.9 8,140 30.1 4,576 29.0 1,344 26.3 1,371 24.6 2,937 24.1
Mal Neoplasms 10,801 19.6 5,327 19.7 2,921 18.5 1,268 24.8 1,085 19.5 2,151 17.7
Cerebrovas Dis 2,254 4.1 1,051 3.9 637 4.0 259 5.1 261 4.7 531 4.4
Diabetes Mellitus 1,661 3.0 663 2.4 572 3.6 162 3.2 220 3.9 403 3.3
Cirrhosis of Liver 503 0.9 261 1.0 85 0.5 32 0.6 100 1.8 236 1.9
CLRD 1,511 2.7 867 3.2 374 2.4 103 2.0 130 2.3 305 2.5
AIDS 265 0.5 70 0.3 151 1.0 2 0.0 24 0.4 83 0.7
Pneumonia 1,405 2.5 718 2.7 361 2.3 158 3.1 134 2.4 277 2.3
COVID-19 888 1.6 502 1.9 184 1.2 111 2.2 73 1.3 178 1.5
Unintentional Injuries 4,165 7.6 1,846 6.8 1,391 8.8 230 4.5 490 8.8 1,396 11.5
Homicide/Legal Int 422 0.8 88 0.3 256 1.6 13 0.3 42 0.8 139 1.1
Suicide 534 1.0 277 1.0 110 0.7 61 1.2 58 1.0 137 1.1
Alcohol Poisoning(4) 20 0.0 8 0.0 3 0.0 7 0.1 2 0.0 9 0.1
Other 14,759 26.8 7,261 26.8 4,162 26.4 1,358 26.6 1,581 28.4 3,393 27.9
Institution
Hospital 29,402 53.4 13,565 50.1 8,963 56.8 2,835 55.6 3,242 58.2 6,967 57.3
Home/Pub Place 16,068 29.2 8,462 31.3 4,276 27.1 1,337 26.2 1,499 26.9 3,394 27.9
Nursing Home 7,367 13.4 3,861 14.3 1,989 12.6 728 14.3 572 10.3 1,309 10.8
Hospice 728 1.3 442 1.6 110 0.7 88 1.7 82 1.5 108 0.9
Oth Institution 1,518 2.8 741 2.7 440 2.8 113 2.2 174 3.1 388 3.2
Type of Disposition
Burial 28,750 52.2 14,283 52.8 8,014 50.8 2,969 58.2 2,512 45.1 5,746 47.2
Cremation 24,178 43.9 11,215 41.4 7,399 46.9 2,075 40.7 2,913 52.3 6,164 50.7
Other/Unknown 2,157 3.9 1,573 5.8 367 2.3 57 1.1 144 2.6 256 2.1
Veteran Status
Veteran 3,625 6.6 2,512 9.3 847 5.4 33 0.6 171 3.1 400 3.3
Not Veteran 49,217 89.3 23,771 87.8 14,202 90.0 5,006 98.1 5,307 95.3 11,421 93.9
Not Stated 2,243 4.1 788 2.9 731 4.6 62 1.2 91 1.6 345 2.8

(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.