Table 31c : Death Summary Information by Race/Ethnicity, New York City - 2006

Category Total Number(2) Total Percent Race/Ethnicity
White Number White Percent Black Number Black Percent Other Number Other Percent Hispanic Number(3) Hispanic Percent
All Deaths 54,190 100.0 35,578 100.0 14,714 100.0 3,008 100.0 8,713 100.0
Sex
Male 25,994 48.0 16,934 47.6 6,900 46.9 1,692 56.3 4,588 52.7
Female 28,196 52.0 18,644 52.4 7,814 53.1 1,316 43.8 4,125 47.3
Age
<1 678 1.3 299 0.8 300 2.0 52 1.7 182 2.1
1 - 9 156 0.3 74 0.2 60 0.4 20 0.7 38 0.4
10 - 19 263 0.5 133 0.4 109 0.7 20 0.7 78 0.9
20 - 24 371 0.7 193 0.5 147 1.0 27 0.9 103 1.2
25 - 34 939 1.7 465 1.3 397 2.7 65 2.2 249 2.9
35 - 44 2,140 3.9 1,066 3.0 907 6.2 122 4.1 596 6.8
45 - 54 4,557 8.4 2,353 6.6 1,809 12.3 300 10.0 1,024 11.8
55 - 64 6,602 12.2 3,740 10.5 2,325 15.8 403 13.4 1,351 15.5
65 - 74 8,726 16.1 5,272 14.8 2,759 18.8 556 18.5 1,640 18.8
75 - 84 13,767 25.4 9,578 26.9 3,182 21.6 784 26.1 1,899 21.8
85+ 15,990 29.5 12,404 34.9 2,719 18.5 659 21.9 1,552 17.8
Cause of Death
Heart Disease 21,677 40.0 15,360 43.2 4,996 34.0 977 32.5 2,710 31.1
Mal Neoplasms 12,281 22.7 7,999 22.5 3,267 22.2 836 27.8 1,817 20.9
Cerebrovas Dis 1,710 3.2 1,014 2.9 517 3.5 147 4.9 317 3.6
AIDS 1,170 2.2 458 1.3 662 4.5 19 0.6 327 3.8
Pneumonia 2,543 4.7 1,741 4.9 600 4.1 156 5.2 403 4.6
CLRD 1,414 2.6 978 2.7 344 2.3 70 2.3 215 2.5
Diabetes Mellitus 1,677 3.1 878 2.5 670 4.6 99 3.3 387 4.4
Accidents 1,227 2.3 813 2.3 288 2.0 110 3.7 252 2.9
Other 10,491 19.4 6,337 17.8 3,370 22.9 594 19.7 2,285 26.2
Institution
Hospital 34,616 63.9 21,899 61.6 9,966 67.7 2,156 71.7 6,068 69.6
Home/Pub Place 12,203 22.5 8,368 23.5 3,021 20.5 605 20.1 1,733 19.9
Nursing Home 6,654 12.3 4,853 13.6 1,493 10.1 229 7.6 821 9.4
Oth Institution 717 1.3 458 1.3 234 1.6 18 0.6 91 1.0

(1) Race coding based on 2000 Census categories: White Alone, Black Alone, Other, Not Stated.

(2) Total Deaths includes deaths with race "Not Stated".

(3) Hispanic is a separate count equal to Hispanic White + Hispanic Black + Hispanic Other + Hispanic Race Not Stated.