Table 38: Deaths by Resident County and Selected Causes of Death
New York State 1997

Diseases Cerebro- Homicide
of the Malignant Vascular Pneu- Total Diabetes & Legal Cirrhosis
County Total Heart Neoplasms Disease AIDS monia COPD Accidents Mellitus Intervention of Liver

New York State 157,975 60,628 37,280 7,990 3,010 6,623 6,065 4,232 3,598 1,121 1,580
New York City 61,878 26,138 13,608 2,251 2,572 2,644 1,650 1,366 1,568 789 724
Bronx 10,617 4,039 2,077 419 629 524 314 206 340 194 168
Kings 19,103 8,346 4,127 656 805 772 482 415 512 300 215
New York 12,151 4,233 2,847 532 788 600 329 268 301 136 172
Queens 16,601 7,981 3,725 554 310 570 390 419 321 144 133
Richmond 3,406 1,539 832 90 40 178 135 58 94 15 36
Rest of State 96,097 34,490 23,672 5,739 438 3,979 4,415 2,866 2,030 332 856
Albany 2,842 1,051 696 167 23 117 136 70 49 6 23
Allegany 477 130 135 40 0 15 23 17 12 0 7
Broome 2,084 742 492 160 7 82 97 45 56 4 16
Cattaraugus 875 352 183 41 0 31 57 25 29 2 11
Cayuga 809 307 180 50 1 35 49 29 19 1 7
Chautauqua 1,490 522 327 116 0 66 87 65 26 2 14
Chemung 977 298 260 69 4 33 58 30 21 1 7
Chenango 531 208 115 31 1 40 25 24 18 0 3
Clinton 652 232 147 36 0 18 39 28 14 1 7
Columbia 690 246 166 59 3 24 47 26 9 3 1
Cortland 436 142 98 26 0 26 38 18 9 0 3
Delaware 549 201 125 37 0 20 30 19 14 1 1
Dutchess 2,133 795 526 109 14 97 98 66 30 5 27
Erie 10,138 3,582 2,446 660 37 368 390 231 215 59 119
Essex 440 133 104 44 2 9 26 22 10 1 7
Franklin 450 157 113 25 2 25 24 20 10 1 4
Fulton 598 244 143 22 2 26 34 13 8 0 7
Genesee 566 191 139 32 1 31 21 18 13 0 2
Greene 486 171 123 26 11 18 23 23 9 0 6
Hamilton 54 19 15 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Herkimer 719 229 163 38 0 31 41 32 25 1 6
Jefferson 901 293 229 45 0 48 49 24 20 1 17
Lewis 217 69 48 12 0 6 13 10 5 0 2
Livingston 486 139 127 38 0 27 24 15 19 0 4
Madison 523 154 151 36 0 18 29 22 5 2 4
Monroe 6,149 1,929 1,538 419 43 283 231 143 126 62 30
Montgomery 597 252 147 30 1 24 18 12 12 0 8
Nassau 10,989 4,628 2,827 495 54 430 361 287 187 35 86
Niagara 2,292 883 521 163 3 64 110 59 37 9 23
Oneida 2,567 850 583 185 12 125 129 68 64 2 24
Onondaga 4,040 1,212 975 303 14 226 243 103 66 18 36
Ontario 916 272 218 49 1 29 53 28 23 1 12
Orange 2,455 927 589 120 17 114 120 83 57 3 22
Orleans 385 122 82 28 1 20 22 22 9 0 1
Oswego 1,011 329 240 71 0 38 46 55 28 0 12
Otsego 602 213 154 41 1 36 38 28 3 1 2
Putnam 587 210 175 22 1 25 28 26 11 1 8
Rensselaer 1,477 531 373 80 8 40 89 36 31 8 20
Rockland 1,951 714 511 86 12 99 89 53 45 1 20
St Lawrence 1,051 340 253 51 2 56 85 30 23 2 12
Saratoga 1,399 454 370 83 9 85 55 49 23 0 11
Schenectady 1,619 557 406 91 5 66 86 42 38 5 14
Schoharie 320 95 84 14 0 11 19 6 10 3 2
Schuyler 178 71 34 8 0 4 10 8 6 0 1
Seneca 311 106 74 14 1 30 13 16 8 0 3
Steuben 964 306 223 64 0 38 61 35 32 0 7
Suffolk 10,817 4,086 2,697 552 70 403 469 360 236 39 85
Sullivan 706 265 166 35 7 19 37 27 32 1 8
Tioga 431 137 111 23 0 17 23 17 17 4 7
Tompkins 593 191 141 47 2 16 26 22 14 1 10
Ulster 1,559 541 407 100 5 68 78 50 43 3 7
Warren 607 168 161 45 0 23 37 19 18 0 4
Washington 539 187 139 33 4 14 28 19 9 1 3
Wayne 722 229 160 43 1 27 38 30 23 1 6
Westchester 7,528 2,879 1,930 479 55 305 274 220 136 38 63
Wyoming 342 113 74 26 1 6 23 14 11 2 2
Yates 270 86 58 19 0 25 16 7 7 0 2


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