Table 39: Death Rates and Selected Causes of Death by Resident County

Vital Statistics of New York State 2004

Note on Death Rates (*)

  Cause of Death
County Total Diseases
of the
Heart
Malignant
Neoplasms
Cerebro-
vascular
Disease
AIDS Pneumonia CLRD1 Total
Accidents
Diabetes
Mellitus
Homicide
and Legal
Intervention
Cirrhosis
of the
Liver
New York State
New York State 787.7 271.1 186.5 35.7 9.0 29.2 35.1 20.4 20.4 4.6 6.6
New York City
New York City 691.8 276.8 156.1 22.5 17.4 36.3 21.0 13.3 21.2 7.0 6.0
Bronx 702.9 251.0 148.1 24.4 33.8 31.3 23.5 14.6 27.8 10.2 8.9
Kings 699.5 291.9 149.2 20.6 18.1 36.5 18.0 12.9 23.1 9.4 5.3
New York 683.9 226.1 166.4 27.4 21.3 46.1 22.9 11.8 18.0 5.1 5.2
Queens 668.0 301.1 155.2 20.8 6.0 27.4 18.9 13.8 16.9 4.8 5.5
Richmond 759.7 325.0 186.5 18.3 7.6 60.2 32.6 14.2 22.4 1.9 5.6
Rest of State
Rest of State 857.6 267.0 208.6 45.2 2.8 24.0 45.3 25.6 19.8 2.8 7.1
Albany 938.2 315.0 211.8 51.9 5.0 21.8 46.2 21.1 19.1 3.4 6.4
Allegany 897.7 263.0 203.7 51.4 0.0 41.5 57.3 35.6 19.8 0.0 2.0
Broome 1048.1 303.0 231.2 62.2 3.0 34.4 64.2 32.4 42.0 1.0 8.6
Cattaraugus 1089.2 413.6 217.6 49.3 0.0 22.8 75.7 34.9 26.4 3.6 9.6
Cayuga 854.5 278.3 189.2 39.1 2.4 35.4 68.4 28.1 15.9 1.2 8.5
Chautauqua 1038.9 328.6 229.5 56.1 1.5 28.4 67.8 30.6 27.0 0.0 7.3
Chemung 1001.3 295.6 238.9 46.7 2.2 17.8 74.5 27.8 24.4 1.1 7.8
Chenango 1060.5 441.6 223.7 32.8 3.9 42.4 67.5 32.8 19.3 0.0 7.7
Clinton 763.4 204.0 178.3 56.2 0.0 13.4 44.0 18.3 24.4 0.0 4.9
Columbia 1110.4 370.7 267.0 56.5 1.6 26.7 51.8 47.1 23.6 3.1 14.1
Cortland 865.2 246.9 204.1 71.4 0.0 34.7 53.1 20.4 14.3 0.0 4.1
Delaware 1111.4 390.9 243.0 54.9 0.0 25.4 44.4 46.5 38.0 0.0 4.2
Dutchess 764.5 211.0 193.9 40.9 4.1 19.8 43.3 26.9 19.1 1.7 6.5
Erie 1031.8 286.1 241.4 63.3 4.1 30.0 47.5 21.6 29.4 5.7 9.1
Essex 1107.9 282.8 269.9 95.1 2.6 25.7 77.1 38.6 33.4 0.0 10.3
Franklin 858.7 229.4 184.3 43.1 3.9 27.4 52.9 51.0 31.4 2.0 13.7
Fulton 1013.3 315.5 245.2 48.7 0.0 18.0 86.5 36.1 18.0 0.0 14.4
Genesee 903.0 284.8 222.8 40.2 0.0 20.1 51.9 35.2 28.5 0.0 0.0
Greene 1071.2 353.7 300.8 46.8 4.1 22.4 63.0 36.6 18.3 2.0 24.4
Hamilton 1167.0 363.5 363.5 38.3 0.0 19.1 76.5 38.3 38.3 0.0 19.1
Herkimer 1124.4 399.3 236.5 62.6 3.1 25.1 83.0 32.9 21.9 3.1 6.3
Jefferson 832.5 212.6 207.2 36.8 1.8 30.5 66.4 39.5 14.4 2.7 9.0
Lewis 828.2 252.2 199.5 41.4 0.0 15.1 60.2 37.6 26.4 0.0 15.1
Livingston 722.0 148.1 199.0 43.2 0.0 17.0 61.7 37.0 21.6 1.5 6.2
Madison 862.1 221.6 214.5 48.3 0.0 29.8 72.4 36.9 11.4 1.4 5.7
Monroe 850.1 216.1 211.1 58.5 5.7 25.4 35.1 24.1 15.9 5.6 5.4
Montgomery 1276.3 570.2 239.4 73.0 0.0 20.3 52.8 32.5 36.5 6.1 10.1
Nassau 802.1 319.3 202.3 32.7 1.9 23.0 28.6 20.5 12.2 1.7 4.8
Niagara 1057.0 352.2 247.6 47.2 1.8 29.3 64.7 27.5 17.4 4.6 10.1
Oneida 1058.5 324.3 240.0 63.4 3.0 28.9 60.9 31.1 24.3 2.6 8.1
Onondaga 861.5 217.3 210.1 51.5 3.0 27.2 55.0 35.9 23.5 4.1 7.2
Ontario 924.6 244.4 233.8 49.3 0.0 21.3 66.7 27.1 29.0 1.0 4.8
Orange 674.8 190.6 171.7 34.3 3.0 20.8 47.3 24.6 17.0 3.2 7.8
Orleans 822.4 251.5 160.9 58.9 2.3 15.9 47.6 24.9 22.7 2.3 6.8
Oswego 841.0 235.9 185.8 50.9 0.0 15.4 53.3 31.5 17.8 0.8 6.5
Otsego 946.9 247.9 257.5 76.8 1.6 22.4 60.8 36.8 20.8 0.0 3.2
Putnam 619.5 206.8 160.1 29.8 1.0 17.9 23.9 20.9 14.9 0.0 9.9
Rensselaer 951.5 284.9 240.8 46.7 3.2 19.5 58.4 22.7 21.4 3.2 8.4
Rockland 655.6 224.8 159.4 31.7 2.7 36.4 34.4 16.3 10.6 2.0 3.7
St Lawrence 932.6 244.4 239.0 49.4 0.9 34.1 80.9 30.5 23.4 0.0 11.7
Saratoga 707.1 193.2 196.0 46.5 1.4 23.5 46.5 23.5 12.2 1.4 7.5
Schenectady 1045.0 318.2 229.0 50.0 0.7 33.8 56.7 28.4 27.7 4.7 14.9
Schoharie 930.9 259.3 253.0 43.7 3.1 6.2 65.6 31.2 50.0 0.0 6.2
Schuyler 845.9 261.5 199.9 46.1 0.0 30.8 46.1 0.0 30.8 0.0 10.3
Seneca 872.4 265.1 191.0 57.0 0.0 42.8 59.9 34.2 17.1 0.0 5.7
Steuben 1039.3 307.6 237.8 47.6 1.0 24.3 75.9 34.4 34.4 4.0 14.2
Suffolk 759.8 255.7 194.4 33.0 2.5 16.2 32.9 24.7 17.4 2.7 6.8
Sullivan 938.1 299.6 248.3 28.9 7.9 14.5 53.9 38.1 23.6 5.3 13.1
Tioga 782.0 213.4 192.1 36.9 0.0 19.4 60.2 27.2 23.3 0.0 3.9
Tompkins 573.2 148.8 137.8 36.0 2.0 22.0 30.0 20.0 11.0 1.0 3.0
Ulster 841.7 251.4 212.3 35.2 5.0 21.5 56.1 23.7 19.8 2.2 6.1
Warren 874.9 230.2 222.6 43.0 1.5 21.5 50.7 24.6 20.0 0.0 7.7
Washington 915.5 235.6 202.2 63.7 1.6 14.3 78.0 27.1 22.3 0.0 14.3
Wayne 873.6 215.2 205.6 54.3 1.1 18.1 62.9 30.9 38.4 1.1 5.3
Westchester 763.8 251.4 192.6 40.0 3.8 24.1 30.3 19.5 14.9 3.4 5.6
Wyoming 849.1 235.0 183.8 41.9 0.0 30.2 48.9 39.5 32.6 0.0 9.3
Yates 843.2 227.0 206.7 48.6 0.0 32.4 68.9 28.4 20.3 0.0 12.2

* Death Rates per 100,000 Population

  1. Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease