Vital Statistics Deaths by Resident County, Region, and Selected Cause of Death: Beginning 2003
health.data.ny.gov | Last Updated 7 Mar 2024This dataset contains death counts for selected causes of death by county and region. For more information, check out: http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/vital_statistics/.
This dataset has the following 5 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | year | number | The calendar year in which the deaths took place. | 2004 2005 2003 2011 2009 view top 100 |
| County Name | county_name | text | The NYS county where the resident lived at the time of their death. *Region codes are represented in the county code column. New York State consists of two registration areas, New York City and Rest of State. New York City (NYC) includes the five counties of Bronx, Kings (Brooklyn), New York (Manhattan), Queens and Richmond (Staten Island); the remaining 57 counties comprise Rest of State. | New York Orange Queens Albany Westchester view top 100 |
| Region | region | text | New York City (NYC) or Rest of State (ROS) | ROS NYC view top 100 |
| Selected Cause of Death | selected_cause_of_death | text | A high level aggregation of the cause of death of the resident. The cause of death reported in these data files is the underlying cause classified according to the tenth revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD, 10th revision) adopted by New York State in 1999. | Total All Other Causes Diseases of the Heart Malignant Neoplasms Cerebrovascular Disease view top 100 |
| Deaths | deaths | number | The number of deaths among New York State residents for a calendar year. | 1 2 3 4 6 view top 100 |