What Is The Biophysical Environment Of The Bronx?

There were 57,466 deaths in New York City/Bronx area in 2004, a reduction of 1,747 deaths – including 1,243 fewer heart disease deaths – from 2003. New York City's death rate reached a historic low of 7.2 per 1,000 people in 2004. The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) released its 2004 Summary of Vital Statistics with these and other data. The greatest contributing factors to the decrease in deaths were a reduction in heart attack deaths (down 14% from 2003), other heart disease deaths (down 3%), and reductions in deaths from HIV/AIDS (down 12%), colon cancer and homicide (both down 9%).

The number of total births was essentially unchanged with 124,099 in 2004, including 129 fewer teenage births. Life expectancy increased to 78.2 years for a New Yorker born in 2003 – 7.2 months more than the national average – and 6 months more than in 2000. Females born in 2003 have a life expectancy of 80.7 years, and males' life expectancy is 75.1 years. This compares with preliminary 2003 national life expectancy data of 80.1 years for females and 74.8 years for males.(Source: US Census Bureau)