Table 40: Age-Sex Adjusted 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 646.2 193.6 158.5 27.0 4.6 19.8 30.4 22.6 16.2 4.7 6.4 7.5
New York City
New York City 602.4 207.8 147.6 19.0 9.5 28.3 20.6 16.8 20.0 6.5 5.8 5.4
Bronx 703.9 227.4 158.1 21.5 19.2 36.6 29.7 19.4 26.6 10.0 7.8 4.3
Kings 627.8 217.9 152.2 19.7 10.7 30.1 18.6 16.8 23.5 8.5 6.1 4.7
New York 541.8 162.8 143.2 17.5 10.0 22.3 19.0 15.2 15.9 3.1 5.1 6.1
Queens 557.1 209.0 137.2 19.5 3.6 26.6 17.3 15.1 15.8 4.7 5.4 6.4
Richmond 658.3 268.2 164.7 12.3 5.1 29.4 28.2 24.2 20.6 4.7 4.5 5.5
Rest of State
Rest of State 672.7 185.3 165.1 31.6 1.4 14.8 36.3 26.9 13.9 3.3 6.8 9.1
Albany 679.3 170.9 173.0 30.2 2.5 13.2 39.4 18.9 11.1 1.7 8.0 7.9
Allegany 691.3 188.8 153.6 40.8 0.0 26.0 55.9 47.5 10.6 0.0 12.5 3.4
Broome 713.5 184.9 160.6 39.2 2.7 17.4 37.9 35.7 24.9 4.1 7.9 8.7
Cattaraugus 847.2 305.1 184.7 38.9 0.0 9.9 64.7 39.5 16.7 1.7 14.8 7.1
Cayuga 679.8 166.2 165.2 35.8 0.0 23.1 39.3 32.8 13.7 0.0 7.8 15.2
Chautauqua 762.3 196.8 172.4 47.3 0.6 12.7 53.3 32.4 22.1 3.6 8.9 13.0
Chemung 771.8 194.8 181.0 44.6 0.9 19.5 55.9 37.1 13.7 1.2 11.1 5.9
Chenango 822.1 288.5 178.6 41.5 0.0 14.3 57.8 39.9 6.8 0.0 13.6 16.9
Clinton 726.7 156.4 200.3 28.7 0.0 9.6 49.7 31.6 17.2 3.6 8.3 7.2
Columbia 733.5 224.8 175.5 36.6 0.0 13.7 52.6 18.0 17.9 3.4 9.6 9.0
Cortland 771.1 175.3 189.6 29.8 1.4 24.6 42.5 28.1 25.5 1.9 0.0 20.3
Delaware 736.6 229.7 151.6 27.9 3.0 12.8 54.6 40.8 17.1 1.4 4.3 16.8
Dutchess 650.6 168.8 159.3 28.9 0.8 13.1 35.6 29.1 11.1 4.9 6.7 11.1
Erie 751.3 187.6 177.4 43.2 2.8 15.5 37.9 24.7 17.6 6.5 7.0 11.2
Essex 658.8 161.9 169.3 33.3 0.0 14.0 30.6 33.1 27.1 1.6 7.8 13.5
Franklin 723.7 188.6 171.0 40.3 0.0 12.5 58.1 31.8 13.4 0.0 9.3 13.5
Fulton 737.3 201.9 161.9 37.9 0.0 12.5 73.4 35.0 8.2 4.4 7.3 10.4
Genesee 745.2 196.2 188.3 23.7 1.1 14.4 42.3 33.2 22.3 0.0 1.3 16.8
Greene 806.0 217.0 183.9 37.3 1.2 24.5 35.4 34.9 12.9 0.0 15.3 13.3
Hamilton 678.7 175.5 200.6 54.1 0.0 15.7 9.6 9.8 9.9 0.0 47.4 0.0
Herkimer 674.4 200.0 133.8 37.2 0.0 14.1 34.1 20.5 16.4 0.0 9.5 15.8
Jefferson 814.4 259.2 174.0 45.1 1.1 8.2 54.6 29.8 15.2 2.9 7.0 12.8
Lewis 748.3 141.3 190.4 53.0 0.0 9.1 70.6 30.2 25.9 0.0 6.7 24.3
Livingston 692.9 159.4 170.9 43.3 0.0 19.6 56.6 32.0 19.2 0.0 4.6 4.0
Madison 724.0 142.3 182.7 49.9 0.0 7.9 51.6 41.0 12.3 0.0 3.9 10.9
Monroe 680.3 154.9 167.5 37.2 1.5 17.6 26.4 26.7 10.8 6.9 5.2 7.9
Montgomery 744.0 232.2 177.4 38.0 0.0 13.6 34.7 22.3 15.0 0.0 10.9 11.2
Nassau 580.3 213.9 143.9 21.3 1.4 13.6 22.8 23.4 9.3 2.9 5.4 6.2
Niagara 771.9 237.3 179.7 35.1 0.0 11.4 44.8 32.9 17.4 2.6 11.1 10.1
Oneida 733.8 186.5 168.0 39.4 2.4 13.5 44.7 25.4 18.1 3.2 7.5 8.7
Onondaga 691.0 146.2 179.2 35.7 1.4 16.4 36.5 32.1 13.0 4.8 7.0 7.6
Ontario 692.4 152.3 154.1 36.8 0.7 19.0 42.5 27.8 15.3 0.0 5.9 9.6
Orange 684.0 184.0 162.3 25.1 1.9 20.1 40.2 28.3 12.8 4.2 7.2 5.7
Orleans 755.2 241.3 177.9 33.7 1.8 11.4 39.3 29.1 5.4 0.0 2.1 6.8
Oswego 793.1 189.2 210.1 41.9 2.4 18.4 59.0 31.1 21.9 3.4 6.8 9.1
Otsego 732.6 184.3 192.0 28.7 0.0 10.7 56.1 37.9 22.6 0.0 12.4 8.6
Putnam 613.6 208.0 148.1 24.6 0.7 12.4 24.4 15.4 14.1 1.8 4.3 9.3
Rensselaer 784.0 208.2 193.7 42.4 1.1 10.7 59.5 27.6 17.5 3.1 12.4 7.3
Rockland 558.7 185.8 137.6 22.4 0.6 17.4 26.0 14.6 8.3 0.4 3.1 6.1
St Lawrence 801.1 228.3 169.3 33.2 0.0 14.3 66.1 34.6 14.9 2.1 10.1 11.0
Saratoga 626.7 168.2 163.5 36.7 1.0 12.6 44.9 16.7 11.6 1.1 7.5 10.3
Schenectady 687.6 182.4 177.8 27.3 0.6 15.3 40.5 16.6 18.0 7.8 8.7 6.2
Schoharie 627.7 177.3 180.1 33.8 0.0 9.8 39.1 15.7 16.1 0.0 4.3 6.6
Schuyler 906.9 206.0 244.0 47.3 0.0 24.2 66.9 17.8 36.6 0.0 15.4 14.1
Seneca 733.4 146.1 171.7 30.0 0.0 11.0 62.6 22.3 18.1 2.3 4.3 2.9
Steuben 762.6 196.8 167.5 37.0 0.0 15.4 54.5 35.7 16.0 3.5 6.7 14.3
Suffolk 656.4 189.2 162.5 26.2 1.2 15.2 31.3 33.7 13.6 3.8 5.7 8.7
Sullivan 785.3 226.2 181.1 31.6 3.2 12.7 40.7 33.4 22.5 3.1 6.4 15.5
Tioga 614.9 141.8 158.9 29.6 1.4 9.2 28.5 33.7 15.7 0.0 5.5 10.2
Tompkins 676.0 153.6 156.6 36.7 2.2 15.4 37.1 30.7 15.2 4.0 15.7 9.1
Ulster 665.5 170.8 187.6 25.1 1.5 13.6 39.0 26.0 17.0 1.4 4.1 11.4
Warren 685.5 172.3 193.7 37.1 0.8 11.2 41.7 12.2 13.6 0.8 10.0 17.5
Washington 750.2 161.0 186.7 39.5 0.0 8.8 58.9 47.4 13.4 0.0 5.8 15.3
Wayne 738.9 180.6 159.1 30.6 0.8 21.1 44.2 27.5 21.7 0.0 7.2 11.6
Westchester 547.6 153.2 149.4 23.4 2.5 13.5 23.8 16.5 9.6 2.3 6.7 7.8
Wyoming 794.9 193.8 178.3 33.4 0.0 20.5 52.2 43.1 24.3 0.0 8.1 27.3
Yates 678.3 186.0 155.4 22.6 6.3 11.6 57.6 20.4 5.0 0.0 11.1 8.6

* Age-Sex adjusted rates are directly standardized using the age-sex distribution for the United States 2000 Census

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