Table 39: Death Rates* For Selected Causes of Death by Resident County New York State - 2010

County Total Cause of Death
Diseases of the Heart1 Malignant Neoplasms Cerebrovascular Disease AIDS Pneumonia CLRD2 Total Accidents Diabetes Mellitus Homicide/Legal Intervention Cirrhosis of the Liver Suicide
New York State
New York State 747.8 229.9 181.1 31.6 5.1 23.6 35.0 24.4 18.6 4.6 7.3 7.8
New York City
New York City 622.0 216.1 151.8 19.6 9.8 29.5 21.1 17.1 20.5 6.5 6.0 5.6
Bronx 633.7 200.9 142.4 19.2 18.4 32.1 26.6 18.0 23.6 10.0 7.1 4.0
Kings 619.0 215.2 149.4 19.3 10.5 29.8 18.4 16.5 23.0 8.7 6.0 4.7
New York 606.9 185.9 159.8 19.6 10.8 26.0 21.3 16.3 17.7 3.2 5.5 6.6
Queens 612.2 233.6 148.8 21.3 3.8 29.8 18.8 16.1 17.2 4.7 6.0 6.8
Richmond 701.5 285.5 178.8 13.2 5.8 30.7 29.0 25.2 22.2 4.7 4.9 5.8
Rest of State
Rest of State 839.6 240.0 202.5 40.4 1.6 19.3 45.1 29.7 17.3 3.2 8.2 9.4
Albany 844.8 220.9 206.8 38.1 3.0 18.1 49.0 22.4 13.8 1.6 9.5 7.9
Allegany 852.0 235.0 190.0 51.1 0.0 34.7 67.4 49.0 14.3 0.0 14.3 4.1
Broome 1009.0 273.7 220.3 58.3 3.0 26.9 54.3 39.9 35.9 4.0 10.0 9.0
Cattaraugus 1083.2 399.7 240.3 48.6 0.0 13.7 82.2 42.3 21.2 1.2 18.7 7.5
Cayuga 913.5 237.4 213.7 52.5 0.0 31.2 50.0 37.5 17.5 0.0 10.0 15.0
Chautauqua 1067.4 288.4 233.5 70.4 0.7 18.5 74.9 37.1 30.4 3.0 11.1 14.1
Chemung 1042.4 273.6 238.7 63.0 1.1 27.0 76.6 41.7 18.0 1.1 13.5 6.8
Chenango 1093.6 402.2 239.7 55.5 0.0 19.8 79.2 37.6 9.9 0.0 17.8 15.8
Clinton 793.9 172.9 225.3 31.7 0.0 11.0 53.6 31.7 19.5 3.7 9.7 8.5
Columbia 1093.6 347.1 263.1 52.3 0.0 20.6 76.1 25.4 26.9 3.2 15.8 11.1
Cortland 863.5 202.7 214.9 34.5 2.0 28.4 48.6 30.4 28.4 2.0 0.0 18.2
Delaware 1102.5 368.9 229.3 43.8 2.1 20.8 85.5 45.9 27.1 2.1 6.3 20.8
Dutchess 744.6 198.3 183.9 32.9 1.0 15.1 40.7 30.3 13.1 4.7 8.1 12.8
Erie 1010.1 260.3 231.9 61.5 2.9 21.7 51.5 28.4 23.2 6.4 8.6 11.2
Essex 962.7 251.5 241.3 50.8 0.0 20.3 45.7 38.1 40.6 2.5 12.7 12.7
Franklin 792.7 203.5 193.8 42.6 0.0 13.6 64.0 32.9 15.5 0.0 11.6 15.5
Fulton 1010.2 293.5 216.1 52.2 0.0 18.0 102.6 39.6 10.8 3.6 9.0 12.6
Genesee 997.0 271.3 251.3 31.6 1.7 21.6 56.6 36.6 30.0 0.0 1.7 20.0
Greene 1064.6 302.7 251.9 48.8 2.0 34.5 48.8 36.6 16.3 0.0 18.3 14.2
Hamilton 1095.9 310.2 372.2 82.7 0.0 20.7 20.7 20.7 20.7 0.0 62.0 0.0
Herkimer 948.6 300.7 181.3 54.2 0.0 21.7 48.0 23.2 23.2 0.0 13.9 17.0
Jefferson 780.4 249.5 164.3 44.7 0.9 7.7 50.8 29.3 14.6 3.4 6.9 12.9
Lewis 926.6 180.9 243.7 62.8 0.0 11.1 88.6 33.2 33.2 0.0 7.4 22.2
Livingston 825.8 192.7 206.4 52.0 0.0 24.5 64.2 38.2 22.9 0.0 6.1 4.6
Madison 822.4 166.1 216.5 57.2 0.0 9.5 57.2 42.2 13.6 0.0 5.4 9.5
Monroe 839.3 197.4 199.6 47.3 1.5 23.0 32.0 30.1 12.8 6.7 6.2 8.5
Montgomery 1133.0 394.3 231.0 53.8 0.0 21.9 51.8 31.9 23.9 0.0 11.9 11.9
Nassau 791.2 308.7 189.5 29.7 1.8 19.3 31.1 26.1 13.0 2.6 6.5 6.5
Niagara 1039.4 333.1 238.8 47.6 0.0 16.2 60.1 36.5 23.1 2.8 14.8 11.1
Oneida 1043.1 280.1 227.4 59.2 2.6 20.4 65.1 30.7 26.0 3.0 9.4 8.9
Onondaga 860.3 189.9 216.7 45.8 1.5 21.8 44.3 36.4 16.3 4.3 8.4 7.5
Ontario 912.6 212.2 197.3 50.0 0.9 25.9 55.6 30.6 19.5 0.0 8.3 10.2
Orange 659.0 177.0 158.8 23.1 2.1 18.5 37.3 27.9 11.8 4.3 7.5 6.2
Orleans 900.1 298.5 214.5 39.6 2.3 14.0 44.3 30.3 7.0 0.0 2.3 7.0
Oswego 842.7 203.1 230.1 44.2 2.5 18.8 60.6 31.9 22.9 3.3 7.4 9.0
Otsego 989.4 269.8 253.8 40.2 0.0 14.5 75.5 40.2 30.5 0.0 12.8 9.6
Putnam 630.8 207.6 157.5 25.1 1.0 13.0 25.1 17.0 15.0 2.0 6.0 9.0
Rensselaer 918.9 250.9 223.9 48.3 1.3 13.2 70.3 30.7 20.7 2.5 13.2 7.5
Rockland 627.6 212.1 153.4 24.4 0.6 20.2 29.2 15.1 9.0 0.3 3.5 6.1
St Lawrence 904.0 260.8 192.1 38.4 0.0 16.1 75.9 36.6 17.9 1.8 11.6 12.5
Saratoga 716.7 195.3 189.0 42.3 0.9 14.1 50.5 17.8 13.2 0.9 9.1 10.9
Schenectady 944.9 262.4 228.8 39.4 0.6 24.6 55.6 21.3 23.3 7.1 10.3 7.1
Schoharie 815.3 232.1 244.3 39.7 0.0 15.3 51.9 18.3 24.4 0.0 3.1 6.1
Schuyler 1232.1 294.4 332.6 65.4 0.0 32.7 98.1 21.8 49.1 0.0 21.8 10.9
Seneca 953.2 198.6 221.3 42.6 0.0 14.2 82.3 31.2 22.7 2.8 5.7 2.8
Steuben 996.1 262.7 220.2 49.5 0.0 20.2 71.7 43.4 21.2 3.0 9.1 15.2
Suffolk 745.6 219.2 185.6 29.9 1.4 17.8 34.8 35.2 15.5 3.7 6.8 8.8
Sullivan 915.6 265.6 217.9 33.5 3.9 14.2 51.6 34.8 27.1 2.6 9.0 16.8
Tioga 786.3 185.8 205.4 39.1 2.0 11.7 39.1 39.1 21.5 0.0 5.9 13.7
Tompkins 657.7 154.6 147.7 37.4 2.0 15.8 35.4 31.5 13.8 3.9 13.8 7.9
Ulster 829.1 217.0 236.2 32.9 2.2 18.1 48.2 27.4 20.8 1.6 5.5 12.1
Warren 951.2 246.5 267.9 51.7 1.5 16.7 59.4 15.2 18.3 1.5 13.7 16.7
Washington 947.5 207.2 237.3 50.6 0.0 11.1 75.9 52.2 17.4 0.0 6.3 17.4
Wayne 861.7 210.1 194.1 36.3 1.1 25.6 53.3 27.7 25.6 0.0 8.5 11.7
Westchester 706.6 208.6 185.0 31.4 2.8 18.2 30.6 19.2 12.3 2.1 7.7 8.0
Wyoming 908.6 223.0 215.9 38.0 0.0 23.7 59.3 38.0 28.5 0.0 11.9 30.8
Yates 903.4 252.5 209.1 31.6 3.9 15.8 78.9 19.7 7.9 0.0 15.8 11.8

* Rate per 100,000 population.

1 The sharp decline in heart disease in New York City is likely attributed to a hospital-level intervention to improve the accuracy of cause of death reporting on death certificates.

2 Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease