Oyster Bay, NY

Located in Nassau County, New York 113,651 deaths recorded (1881-2017)

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Oyster Bay is located in Nassau County, New York. According to the New York State Death Index, 113,651 deaths were recorded in Oyster Bay from 1881 to 2017.

Between 1957 and 2017, there were also 42,110 people who were usually residents of Oyster Bay but who died elsewhere in New York.

The population encompassed by the 'Town' of Oyster Bay is quite large, and as of the 2020 census it is now the fifth largest city or town in New York. Oyster Bay encompasses 18 villages (some of which issue death records) and 18 hamlets (properly denoted as 'census-designated places' as they do not have their own governance nor do they issue death records). A person who is listed in the state death index under 'Oyster Bay' would have more frequently associated themselves with their respective hamlet, not the Town of Oyster Bay itself, but the hamlets are generally not recorded within the State Death Index.

Deaths in Oyster Bay Recorded by the New York State Department of Health (1881-2017)

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 Oyster Bay between 1881-2017, or who were residents at the time of their death but died elsewhere (1957-2017)

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Residents Who Died Elsewhere

Data for 1957-2017

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Age at Death Statistics for Oyster Bay

Data for 1940-2017

Oldest Recorded Residents

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Average Age of Death in Oyster Bay by Decade

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