[Steven Scharf]

1 death every 9.1 minutes, and in 2015 the NYT reported less, that each year around 50,000 people die in New York,

Trust, but verify. With the NYTs definitely verify.

The above stat that says a birth every 4.4 minutes and death every 9.1 minutes immediately did not compute for me to 50,000 deaths per year because I knew NYC has about 215,000 birth a year. The State of NY and the City of NY both make it excruciating difficult to find death data. The most recent I could find was for 2008 to 2016. The actual total is double you number.

Bronx: 9705
Kings: 15978
New York: 53891
Queens: 14528
Richmond: 3715
Total: 97817

Although the reporter may consider the outer boroughs not to be a part of NYC.

[daniel1212]

Trust, but verify. With the NYTs definitely verify. The above stat that says a birth every 4.4 minutes and death every 9.1 minutes immediately did not compute for me to 50,000 deaths per year because I knew NYC has about 215,000 birth a year. The State of NY and the City of NY both make it excruciating difficult to find death data. The most recent I could find was for 2008 to 2016. The actual total is double you number. Bronx: 9705 Kings: 15978 New York: 53891 Queens: 14528 Richmond: 3715 Total: 97817 Although the reporter may consider the outer boroughs not to be a part of NYC.

Thanks for checking, while even about 7 deaths every 63 minutes provides some perspective.