Table 36: Death Rates by Resident County and Age
New York State 1997

Age at Death
County Total1 0-9 10-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 85+

New York State 8.5 0.8 0.3 0.8 1.0 2.1 4.3 9.9 24.0 54.4 153.4
New York City 8.2 1.0 0.4 1.0 1.2 2.9 5.4 10.7 24.2 49.6 139.1
Bronx 8.6 1.1 0.5 1.3 1.8 4.3 7.2 13.5 28.5 50.0 132.4
Kings 8.0 1.1 0.4 1.0 1.4 3.1 6.0 11.6 25.5 50.4 145.6
New York 8.0 0.8 0.3 0.9 1.1 2.8 5.0 9.9 23.3 44.3 131.3
Queens 8.1 0.9 0.3 0.8 0.9 2.2 4.1 8.6 20.5 49.5 137.1
Richmond 8.3 0.6 0.2 0.9 0.9 1.9 5.0 12.0 29.8 67.2 181.1
Rest of State 8.7 0.8 0.3 0.7 0.8 1.5 3.7 9.3 23.9 57.4 163.2
Albany 9.3 0.9 0.4 0.6 0.7 1.3 4.7 8.7 23.0 52.8 150.2
Allegany 9.4 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.5 1.9 5.4 10.1 20.2 55.8 184.4
Broome 9.7 0.7 0.3 0.6 0.6 1.8 3.6 8.6 23.2 57.5 161.3
Cattaraugus 10.4 1.0 0.5 1.7 0.7 1.6 4.8 11.6 29.9 59.1 173.9
Cayuga 9.5 0.7 0.3 1.0 0.6 1.9 4.2 11.6 23.6 56.0 175.1
Chautauqua 10.5 0.8 0.5 0.6 1.0 1.5 4.0 10.5 25.2 53.8 161.0
Chemung 9.7 0.7 0.2 0.9 1.0 1.7 2.5 9.6 24.9 63.8 141.7
Chenango 9.9 0.5 0.3 1.9 0.4 1.8 3.9 11.5 26.0 62.6 165.6
Clinton 7.4 1.0 0.7 0.4 0.8 1.5 4.4 12.1 25.1 54.7 182.4
Columbia 10.6 0.5 0.8 1.0 0.8 1.3 3.1 11.2 21.2 56.7 168.2
Cortland 8.5 0.4 0.2 0.6 1.0 1.3 2.4 10.5 26.0 56.2 182.8
Delaware 11.7 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.0 2.6 14.2 26.7 59.9 178.5
Dutchess 7.9 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.4 1.5 3.2 10.3 26.8 55.1 163.2
Erie 10.3 0.9 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.9 4.5 10.3 25.5 62.8 169.5
Essex 11.5 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.7 2.3 5.3 14.4 23.8 71.2 170.9
Franklin 8.9 0.7 0.1 0.7 1.5 2.0 3.8 13.7 27.1 51.1 158.3
Fulton 11.0 0.4 0.4 0.4 1.2 1.8 4.1 12.0 25.0 50.4 188.1
Genesee 9.1 1.4 0.5 0.3 0.6 1.0 2.6 8.1 25.1 62.9 161.7
Greene 10.2 0.5 0.3 2.2 1.3 2.0 4.6 8.8 22.1 56.2 142.6
Hamilton 9.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.6 4.8 1.2 3.0 20.9 57.6 195.4
Herkimer 11.1 0.9 0.1 2.5 1.4 0.9 4.6 10.8 21.3 64.7 165.6
Jefferson 7.8 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.8 3.3 10.4 28.5 60.9 145.4
Lewis 7.6 1.0 0.4 1.4 1.0 1.4 4.6 12.0 24.5 54.2 104.7
Livingston 7.2 0.8 0.3 0.5 1.0 0.9 3.0 7.5 23.4 54.5 152.1
Madison 7.2 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.7 1.3 4.4 10.5 21.5 53.6 143.6
Monroe 8.3 0.9 0.4 0.8 1.0 1.4 4.0 10.0 22.7 55.5 151.1
Montgomery 11.5 0.3 0.1 1.2 0.8 0.8 3.6 9.2 24.5 51.0 157.8
Nassau 8.6 0.7 0.3 0.6 0.8 1.6 3.4 6.9 20.8 60.3 170.4
Niagara 10.1 1.1 0.5 0.6 0.9 1.6 3.8 10.8 24.7 63.6 166.7
Oneida 10.0 0.6 0.1 0.9 0.7 1.7 3.7 9.0 22.4 61.5 164.1
Onondaga 8.4 0.6 0.3 0.7 0.6 1.4 3.4 9.6 23.2 56.9 153.7
Ontario 9.2 0.8 0.4 0.7 0.6 1.5 3.5 11.5 25.9 62.5 164.3
Orange 7.1 0.8 0.2 0.7 0.7 1.3 3.5 9.5 25.4 55.8 165.6
Orleans 8.4 1.0 0.2 3.1 1.0 1.6 6.1 8.7 22.9 56.3 141.4
Oswego 8.0 0.5 0.3 0.3 1.0 1.2 4.1 12.5 26.6 71.7 152.3
Otsego 9.7 0.6 0.5 0.6 1.7 1.1 3.6 9.3 22.2 52.8 167.8
Putnam 6.6 0.9 0.2 1.3 0.9 1.2 3.1 9.6 27.3 53.2 176.1
Rensselaer 9.3 1.1 0.4 0.3 0.6 1.6 4.2 11.5 24.5 59.9 161.3
Rockland 7.1 0.6 0.2 0.9 1.0 1.4 2.6 8.0 26.0 53.8 165.5
St Lawrence 9.3 0.7 0.3 0.4 0.4 1.8 4.8 13.4 28.4 67.0 156.8
Saratoga 6.9 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 1.3 3.0 9.7 24.4 58.6 167.6
Schenectady 10.8 0.7 0.2 0.9 1.2 1.5 4.1 8.7 20.8 59.4 172.9
Schoharie 9.3 1.0 0.2 0.0 1.0 1.9 4.2 10.3 24.2 55.0 154.4
Schuyler 8.9 0.3 1.0 0.0 1.2 0.9 3.8 13.8 21.5 47.4 156.5
Seneca 8.9 1.0 0.4 1.1 1.3 1.2 3.2 9.8 24.8 62.0 95.6
Steuben 9.5 0.6 0.3 1.0 0.4 1.4 4.3 9.7 26.9 58.6 144.6
Suffolk 7.9 0.8 0.3 0.8 0.9 1.6 3.4 9.5 26.2 60.2 183.0
Sullivan 10.1 0.8 0.2 1.4 1.4 1.6 4.8 13.7 25.3 59.4 167.5
Tioga 8.0 0.3 0.4 1.2 1.3 1.3 3.1 10.2 30.1 64.0 150.6
Tompkins 5.8 0.6 0.2 0.3 0.5 1.0 3.3 7.9 19.5 44.4 175.0
Ulster 9.3 0.6 0.4 0.8 0.5 1.2 4.4 9.6 28.3 55.2 187.2
Warren 9.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.3 1.7 3.3 10.3 24.2 58.9 153.9
Washington 8.7 0.3 0.6 0.5 0.9 1.5 2.1 12.4 25.8 57.7 148.3
Wayne 7.8 1.2 0.5 0.2 0.7 1.7 3.2 9.0 26.5 53.2 162.6
Westchester 8.3 0.7 0.3 0.7 0.8 1.6 3.1 7.5 20.5 44.9 148.8
Wyoming 7.7 1.2 0.3 1.9 0.6 1.4 4.4 7.8 23.1 49.7 154.3
Yates 10.9 0.5 0.0 0.8 0.3 1.6 3.0 9.1 25.6 68.7 166.7

Death Rates per 1,000 population
1 Total includes records with Age Not Stated

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