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Thanks to the Times article about NYC death statistics, Gothamist wasted a few hours reading the Summary of Vital Statistics for 2002 (PDF), released yesterday by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Besides the fact that NYC death has been on the decline (thanks to better health, lower infant mortality, the NYPD, etc.) the Times noted a few interesting features:
• People in Manhattan were more likely than those in the other boroughs to take their own lives, but less likely to die of diabetes.
• Men were more likely than women to be run over while crossing the street, and elderly pedestrians were much more likely to be killed than younger ones.
• New Yorkers were living longer than other Americans
The report's cover had an interesting graph of deaths in the city (top; click to enlarge), which also shows statistics with and without the WTC-related deaths.
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well, the diabetes thing is related to the higher incidences of diabetes in african americans are higher than that of most other groups in the country. genetics play a role, and i'm sure SES only compounds the problems.
That's a terrific chart - somebody in city gov't deserves some serious kudos for putting it in that context. What I'd like to see next: the deathrate from alcohol and drugs for the whole tenure of New York. My guess - it hasn't fallen so low as that from contagion.
The trade center stuff was pretty interesting. they actually had a birth chart that shows the 8-9 months after the attack [ya know, the so-called baby boom that was supposed to show up?] weird though. there are three deaths outside of NY that are considered part of the 9/11 deaths. One of those is in Missouri. Any idea why this is?
Re: 3 WTC 9/11 deaths outside of New York
You mean the Table WTC2 figure of Deaths by Date of Death? Since these happened days or weeks after the attack, I assume they're severely injured people who were taken home by out-of-state families, and who later died of their injuries.