Countywide statistics, 1999-2001
Total deaths: 16,605
Cancer deaths: 4,107
Motor vehicle accident deaths: 107
According to figures compiled by the Centers for Disease
Control, 16,605 people died in Suffolk County in the years
1999-2001. The county death rate was 8 per thousand people,
compared with 9 per thousand people statewide.
During the same period, 4,107 people died from cancer. The
county death rate from cancer was 2 per thousand people, compared
with 2.2 per thousand statewide.
A reported 107 people died in motor vehicle accidents. The
county death rate from such accidents was 0.1 per thousand
people, compared with 0.1 per thousand statewide.
The average age of people living in Suffolk County at the
time of the 2000 census was 35.3, compared with 37.4 statewide
and 36.2 nationwide.
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