Table 44: Deaths due to Homicide and Legal Intervention by Race/Ethnicity, Sex and Age
New York State 1997

Age at Death
Race/Ethnicity and Sex Total3 < 1 1-9 10-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+

New York State
Total(1) 1,121 16 29 123 227 313 203 110 43 33 23
Male 889 8 16 107 199 253 159 86 31 20 10
Female 232 8 13 16 28 60 44 24 12 13 13
White 513 10 15 46 80 136 104 54 28 22 18
Male 378 5 7 38 67 101 78 41 21 12 8
Female 135 5 8 8 13 35 26 13 7 10 10
Black 563 4 11 75 138 165 92 49 15 10 4
Male 479 2 8 69 125 142 75 40 10 7 1
Female 84 2 3 6 13 23 17 9 5 3 3
Other 31 1 2 1 6 8 7 5 0 1 0
Male 24 1 1 0 4 7 6 4 0 1 0
Female 7 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
Hispanic(2) 275 1 7 32 55 75 59 27 12 6 1
Male 226 1 2 29 47 64 48 20 9 6 0
Female 49 0 5 3 8 11 11 7 3 0 1
New York State Exclusive of New York City
Total(1) 332 7 13 33 63 95 60 27 11 10 12
Male 239 3 7 31 55 66 40 20 6 5 6
Female 93 4 6 2 8 29 20 7 5 5 6
White 168 6 12 11 21 45 36 15 5 7 10
Male 106 3 6 9 18 25 23 11 3 3 5
Female 62 3 6 2 3 20 13 4 2 4 5
Black 159 0 1 22 41 49 24 12 6 3 1
Male 131 0 1 22 37 40 17 9 3 2 0
Female 28 0 0 0 4 9 7 3 3 1 1
Other 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Male 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Female 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hispanic(2) 37 1 5 5 10 9 5 1 1 0 0
Male 29 1 2 5 9 6 5 1 0 0 0
Female 8 0 3 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0
New York City
Total(1) 789 9 16 90 164 218 143 83 32 23 11
Male 650 5 9 76 144 187 119 66 25 15 4
Female 139 4 7 14 20 31 24 17 7 8 7
White 345 4 3 35 59 91 68 39 23 15 8
Male 272 2 1 29 49 76 55 30 18 9 3
Female 73 2 2 6 10 15 13 9 5 6 5
Black 404 4 10 53 97 116 68 37 9 7 3
Male 348 2 7 47 88 102 58 31 7 5 1
Female 56 2 3 6 9 14 10 6 2 2 2
Other 30 1 2 1 5 8 7 5 0 1 0
Male 24 1 1 0 4 7 6 4 0 1 0
Female 6 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
Hispanic(2) 238 0 2 27 45 66 54 26 11 6 1
Male 197 0 0 24 38 58 43 19 9 6 0
Female 41 0 2 3 7 8 11 7 2 0 1

1 Total Deaths = White + Black + Other + Not Stated
2 Hispanic is a separate count equal to Hispanic White + Hispanic Black + Hispanic Other + Hispanic Not Stated
3 Total includes records with Age Not Stated

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