Albany, NY
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Albany is located in Albany County, New York. According to the New York State Death Index, 243,147 deaths were recorded in Albany from 1882 to 2017.
Between 1957 and 2017, there were also 31,606 people who were usually residents of Albany but who died elsewhere in New York.
The government-run facility V.A. Medical Center, Albany is (or was) located within Albany, but deaths for that location were generally registered separately from Albany.
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To obtain copies of pre-1915 death records for the city of Albany, you will need to contact the Albany city clerk's office, not the state Department of Health.
Deaths in Albany Recorded by the New York State Department of Health (1882-2017)
About 95% of the "place of death" information in the New York State Death Index was able to be standardized and matched to a known locality (town, city, county). The graph below, and its data counts, do not include the approximately 5% of death index records where the location was illegible or could not be easily matched. Information about a person's usual residence at the time of their death is only available in the state death index from 1957 onwards.
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Statistics & Insights
Most Common Surnames
People who died in Albany between 1882-2017, or who were residents at the time of their death but died elsewhere (1957-2017)
Residents Who Died Elsewhere
Data for 1957-2017
Age at Death Statistics for Albany
Data for 1940-2017
Oldest Recorded Residents
Average Age of Death in Albany by Decade
