Incidence of Fall Related Deaths
Mean Annual Frequency and Rate by County
New York State Residents, Ages 65+
2010-2012
μ
Rate1
17
39.1
Allegany
5
Broome
17
Cattaraugus
Cayuga
County
Albany
μ
Rate1
Orleans
3
48.3**
62.0**
Oswego
9
54.9
50.3
Otsego
4
34.9**
7
52.9
Putnam
2
15.4**
4
35.1**
Rensselaer
7
30.4
County
Chautauqua
8
35.5
Rockland
12
28.5
Chemung
7
52.5
St. Lawrence
5
33.9**
Chenango
2
27.1**
Saratoga
8
24.7
Clinton
3
26.3**
Schenectady
4
18.5**
Columbia
5
42.6**
Schoharie
*
*
Cortland
3
40.5**
Schuyler
3
83.7**
Delaware
2
24.8**
Seneca
3
60.8**
Dutchess
14
34.8
Steuben
7
41.8
Erie
50
34.6
Suffolk
136
64.6
Essex
2
32.6**
Sullivan
3
28.5**
Franklin
*
*
Tioga
*
*
Fulton
3
29.2**
Tompkins
7
64.9
Genesee
3
31.2**
Ulster
8
29.7
Greene
2
27.2**
Warren
4
36.9**
Hamilton
*
*
Washington
3
30.0**
Herkimer
3
30.8**
Wayne
6
46.1**
Jefferson
6
41.2**
Westchester
44
31.3
Lewis
*
*
Wyoming
2
39.6**
Livingston
5
51.8**
Yates
2
46.5**
Madison
5
45.0**
Bronx
33
22.0
Monroe
80
75.3
Kings
69
22.9
Montgomery
3
39.8**
New York
57
26.1
Nassau
88
42.1
Queens
98
32.8
Niagara
11
32.7
Richmond
22
34.6
Oneida
14
35.4
New York City
279
27.1
Onondaga
56
84.1
Rest of State
734
44.2
Ontario
7
42.5
STATEWIDE
1,013
37.6
Orange
11
26.7
μ = mean annual frequency
Rate1 is μ/Population*100,000
Age-adjusted rates are helpful in comparing counties with different age distributions
*Data based on frequencies less than six are not reported
**Caution: Rates calculated using frequencies of less than 20 are unstable
Source: NYSDOH, Bureau of Occupational Health and Injury Prevention
www.health.ny.gov/prevention/injury_prevention/
Vital Statistics Death File February 2014