New York State Death Counts by County and Place of Death, Beginning 2003

New York State death counts and percentages are organized by resident county, region, and place of death. The dataset includes columns for Year, County Name, Deaths, Place of Death Code, Region, Disposition Code, Disposition Description, and Place of Death Description. It is provided by health.data.ny.gov and was last updated on March 7, 2025.

Use Cases

• Analyzing temporal mortality trends using Year and Deaths columns.
• Mapping geographic disparities in death counts using County Name and Region columns.
• Studying patterns in final disposition and place of occurrence using Disposition Description and Place of Death Description columns.

Strengths

• Data is updated as of March 7, 2025.
• Includes multiple classification dimensions such as county, region, and place of death.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

health.data.ny.gov

Collection Method

Likely contains administrative records from the New York State Department of Health.

Time Range

Beginning 2003

Freshness

Last updated 2025-03-07 19:26:38; freshness should be verified.

Geography

New York State, by county and region.