Leading Causes of Death by Race in NYC

NYC Overall

1. Heart Disease 2. Cancer 3. Influenza (Flu)

& Pneumonia 4. Accidents 5. Diabetes 6. Stroke 7. Chronic Lower

Respiratory Diseases 8. Hypertension

& Renal Diseases 9. Alzheimer's Disease 10. Substance Overdose

(excluding alcohol) 11. Chronic Liver

Disease & Cirrhosis 12. Suicide

Asian

1. Heart Disease 2. Cancer 3. Influenza (Flu) & Pneumonia 4. Stroke 5. Diabetes 6. Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 7. Accidents 8. Alzheimer's Disease 9. Hypertension & Renal Diseases 10. Suicide 11. Kidney Disease 12. Parkinson's Disease

Black

1. Heart Disease 2. Cancer 3. Diabetes 4. Stroke 5. Influenza (Flu)

& Pneumonia 6. Hypertension

& Renal Diseases 7. Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 8. Accidents 9. HIV 10. Homicide 11. Substance Overdose (excluding alcohol) 12. Alzheimer's Disease

Latino

1. Heart Disease 2. Cancer 3. Accidents 4. Influenza (Flu)

& Pneumonia 5. Diabetes 6. Stroke 7. Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 8. Substance Overdose (excluding alcohol) 9. Alzheimer's Disease 10. Hypertension & Renal Diseases 11. Chronic Liver Disease & Cirrhosis 12. Septicemia

White

1. Heart Disease 2. Cancer 3. Accidents 4. Influenza (Flu)

& Pneumonia 5. Chronic Lower

Respiratory Diseases 6. Stroke 7. Substance Overdose

(excluding alcohol) 8. Diabetes 9. Alzheimer's Disease 10. Hypertension

& Renal Diseases 11. Suicide 12. Chronic Liver

Disease & Cirrhosis