Table 31a : Death Summary Information by Race/Ethnicity New York State - 2008

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 147,469 100.0 121,378 100.0 20,168 100.0 5,147 100.0 11,352 100.0
Sex
Male 70,321 47.7 57,555 47.4 9,571 47.5 2,779 54.0 5,954 52.4
Female 77,147 52.3 63,823 52.6 10,597 52.5 2,367 46.0 5,398 47.6
Not Stated 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0
Age
< 1 1,359 0.9 723 0.6 492 2.4 116 2.3 267 2.4
1 - 9 349 0.2 222 0.2 99 0.5 28 0.5 64 0.6
10 - 19 663 0.4 413 0.3 194 1.0 53 1.0 109 1.0
20 - 24 864 0.6 578 0.5 230 1.1 51 1.0 161 1.4
25 - 34 1,953 1.3 1,241 1.0 561 2.8 139 2.7 369 3.3
35 - 44 4,019 2.7 2,717 2.2 1,028 5.1 239 4.6 694 6.1
45 - 54 9,809 6.7 6,862 5.7 2,366 11.7 493 9.6 1,271 11.2
55 - 64 16,722 11.3 12,623 10.4 3,294 16.3 686 13.3 1,808 15.9
65 - 74 23,074 15.6 18,114 14.9 3,882 19.2 955 18.6 2,092 18.4
75 - 84 39,530 26.8 33,891 27.9 4,272 21.2 1,194 23.2 2,405 21.2
85+ 49,122 33.3 43,990 36.2 3,750 18.6 1,193 23.2 2,111 18.6
Cause of Death
Heart Disease 49,137 33.3 40,786 33.6 6,494 32.2 1,581 30.7 3,268 28.8
Mal Neoplasms 35,101 23.8 29,005 23.9 4,634 23.0 1,305 25.4 2,518 22.2
Cerebrovas Dis 5,883 4.0 4,859 4.0 786 3.9 214 4.2 362 3.2
AIDS 1,250 0.8 519 0.4 672 3.3 33 0.6 359 3.2
Pneumonia 4,548 3.1 3,653 3.0 649 3.2 208 4.0 445 3.9
CLRD 6,841 4.6 6,131 5.1 558 2.8 136 2.6 348 3.1
Diabetes Mellitus 3,582 2.4 2,516 2.1 875 4.3 166 3.2 462 4.1
Accidents 4,988 3.4 4,132 3.4 584 2.9 245 4.8 612 5.4
Other 36,139 24.5 29,777 24.5 4,916 24.4 1,259 24.5 2,978 26.2
Institution
Hospital 78,552 53.3 61,409 50.7 13,234 65.7 3,383 65.9 7,823 68.9
Home/Pub Place 35,190 23.9 29,748 24.5 4,104 20.4 1,166 22.7 2,255 19.9
Nursing Home 26,281 17.8 23,470 19.4 2,245 11.1 496 9.7 1,089 9.6
Oth Institution 7,273 4.9 6,609 5.5 564 2.8 92 1.8 180 1.6

(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.