West Chester, NY

Located in Bronx County, New York 1,439 deaths recorded (1881-1949)

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West Chester is a neighborhood or other location within the Bronx (Bronx County), in New York City, New York. According to the New York State Death Index, 1,439 deaths were recorded in West Chester from 1881 to 1949.

West Chester does not appear to have any death record data listed in the state death index after 1949.

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Most Bronx County death record data is not included in this state death index, because New York City vital records, both modern and historical, are generally kept separately from the rest of the New York State records. Before 1898, the Bronx was not yet a part of New York City, and the registrations of deaths that happened within the borough were still being handled by the state Department of Health, not by the City. The Bronx also did not become its own county until 1914, when it was separated from New York County (Manhattan). After 1898, a small number of NYC records were still ocassionally included or referenced in this state index, often because a resident of the city may have died while upstate, or vice versa.

Deaths in West Chester Recorded by the New York State Department of Health (1881-1949)

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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Most Common Surnames

People who died in West Chester between 1881-1949, or who were residents at the time of their death but died elsewhere (1957-1949)

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Residents Who Died Elsewhere

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Age at Death Statistics for West Chester

Data for 1940-1949

Oldest Recorded Residents

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Average Age of Death in West Chester by Decade

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