Vital Statistics Deaths by Resident County, Region, and Race/Ethnicity: Beginning 2003

health.data.ny.gov | Last Updated 7 Mar 2024

This dataset contains death counts by resident county and race/ethnicity. For more information check out: http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/vital_statistics.

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This dataset has the following 5 columns:

Column NameAPI Column NameData TypeDescriptionSample Values
YearyearnumberThe calendar year in which the deaths took place.
County Namecounty_nametextCounty of residence at time of death.
RegionregiontextROS or NYC
Race or Ethnicityrace_ethnicity_descriptiontextThe race/ethnicity at the time of death. The race and ethnicity information reported on death certificates is typically provided by the decedent's family.
DeathsdeathsnumberThe number of deaths among New York State residents for a calendar year.