Leading Causes of Death in New York City in Specified Ethnic Groups


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Table 16.V
Leading Causes of Death in New York City in Specified Ethnic Groups
2007

Rank	Puerto Rican	All		Male		Female
Rank	Puerto Rican	Deaths	Percent	Deaths	Percent	Deaths	Percent
1	Deseases of Heart	1,511	32.0	737	29.7	774	34.5
2	Malignant Neoplasms	995	21.0	517	20.8	478	21.3
3	Diabetes Mellitus	232	4.9	104	4.2	128	5.7
4	Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Desease	224	4.7	142	5.7	82	3.7
5	Influenza and Pneumonia	209	4.4	112	4.5	97	4.3
6	Chronic Lower Respiratory Deseases	148	3.1	73	2.9	75	3.3
7	Use of or Poisoning by Psychoactive Substances	141	3.0	112	4.5	29	1.3
8	Cerebrovascular Deseases	131	2.8	61	2.5	70	3.1
9	Accidents Except Poisoning by Psychoactive Substances	95	2.0	59	2.4	36	1.6
10	Essential Hypertention and Renal Deseases	92	1.9	44	1.8	48	2.1
	All Other Causes	950	20.1	523	21.1	427	19.0
	Total	4,728	100.0	2,484	100.0	2,244	100.0
Rank	Other Hispanic	All		Male		Female
Rank	Other Hispanic	Deaths	Percent	Deaths	Percent	Deaths	Percent
1	Diseases of Heart	1,234	30.4	590	27.9	644	33.1
2	Malignant Neoplasms	987	24.3	496	23.5	491	25.2
3	Influenza and Pneumonia	170	4.2	77	3.6	93	4.8
4	Cerebrovascular Deseases	159	3.9	65	3.1	94	4.8
5	Diabetes Mellitus	150	3.7	73	3.5	77	4.0
6	Accidents Except Poisoning by Psychoactive Substances	131	3.2	95	4.5	36	1.9
7	Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Desease	103	2.5	76	3.6	27	1.4
8	Use of or Poisoning by Psychoactive Substances	90	2.2	71	3.4	19	1.0
9	Assault (Homicide)	85	2.1	70	3.3	15	0.8
10	Chronic Lower Respiratory Deseases	74	1.8	33	1.6	41	2.1
	All Other Causes	874	21.5	466	22.1	408	21.0
	Total	4,057	100.0	2,112	100.0	1,945	100.0
Rank	Asian and Pacific Islander	All		Male		Female
Rank	Asian and Pacific Islander	Deaths	Percent	Deaths	Percent	Deaths	Percent
1	Deseases of Heart	925	32.2	497	31.3	428	33.3
2	Malignant Neoplasms	924	32.2	528	33.2	396	30.8
3	Cerebrovascular Deseases	126	4.4	56	3.5	70	5.4
4	Influenza and Pneumonia	126	4.4	68	4.3	58	4.5
5	Accidents Except Poisoning by Psychoactive Substances	86	3.0	54	3.4	32	2.5
6	Diabetes Mellitus	81	2.8	47	3.0	34	2.6
7	Chronic Lower Respiratory Deseases	72	2.5	43	2.7	29	2.3
8	Intentional Self-harm (Suicide)	60	2.1	38	2.4	22	1.7
9	Essential Hypertention and Hypertensive Renal Desease	47	1.6	25	1.6	22	1.7
10	Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome and Nephrosis	27	0.9	14	0.9	13	1.0
	All Other Causes	400	13.9	219	13.8	181	14.1
	Total	2,874	100.0	1,589	100.0	1,285	100.0
Rank	Non-Hispanic White	All		Male		Female
Rank	Non-Hispanic White	Deaths	Percent	Deaths	Percent	Deaths	Percent
1	Deseases of Heart	12,682	46.2	5,632	43.4	7,050	48.6
2	Malignant Neoplasms	6,875	25.0	3,356	25.8	3,519	24.3
3	Influenza and Pneumonia	1,189	4.3	530	4.1	659	4.5
4	Chronic Lower Respiratory Deseases	817	3.0	345	2.7	472	3.3
5	Cerebrovascular Deseases	639	2.3	267	2.1	372	2.6
6	Diabetes Mellitus	468	1.7	237	1.8	231	1.6
7	Accidents Except Poisoning by Psychoactive Substances	459	1.7	297	2.3	162	1.1
8	Use of or Poisoning by Psychoactive Substances	346	1.3	261	2.0	85	0.6
9	Essential Hypertention and Hypertensive Renal Desease	278	1.0	123	0.9	155	1.1
10	Intentional Self-harm (Suicide)	251	0.9	187	1.4	64	0.4
	All Other Causes	3,475	12.6	1,749	13.5	1,726	11.9
	Total	27,479	100.0	12,984	100.0	14,495	100.0
Rank	Non-Hispanic Black	All		Male		Female
Rank	Non-Hispanic Black	Deaths	Percent	Deaths	Percent	Deaths	Percent
1	Deseases of Heart	4,843	34.0	2,121	31.5	2,722	36.2
2	Malignant Neoplasms	3,323	23.3	1,523	22.6	1,800	23.9
3	Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Desease	625	4.4	377	5.6	248	3.3
4	Diabetes Mellitus	604	4.2	246	3.7	358	4.8
5	Influenza and Pneumonia	525	3.7	230	3.4	295	3.9
6	Cerebrovascular Deseases	492	3.5	213	3.2	279	3.7
7	Assault (Homicide)	308	2.2	267	4.0	41	0.5
8	Essential Hypertention and Hypertensive Renal Desease	303	2.1	137	2.0	166	2.2
9	Chronic Lower Respiratory Deseases	300	2.1	137	2.0	163	2.2
10	Use of or Poisoning by Psychoactive Substances	250	1.8	163	2.4	87	1.2
	All Other Causes	2,685	18.8	1,320	19.6	1,365	18.1
	Total	14,258	100.0	6,734	100.0	7,524	100.0
Source:
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Summary of Vital Statistics
http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/vs/2007sum.pdf Pg.13

Table 16.V

Leading Causes of Death in New York City in Specified Ethnic Groups

2007