| | 1995-97 | Rate/100,000 |
| Name | Deaths | Population | Crude | Age Adjusted |
| NEW YORK, NY - KINGS (NEW YORK), NY | 846 | 23,141,779 | 3.7 | 2.7 |
| STEUBEN, NY - CHEMUNG (ELMIRA), NY | 16 | 657,526 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| CLINTON, NY - FRANKLIN, NY | 12 | 520,527 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| ORANGE (NEWBURGH), NY - SULLIVAN, NY | 22 | 1,351,458 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| BERKSHIRE (PITTSFIELD), MA - COLUMBIA, NY | 18 | 761,248 | 2.4 | 1.6 |
| ERIE (BUFFALO), NY - MONROE, NY | 101 | 6,564,142 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| BERGEN, NJ - HUDSON (JERSEY CITY), NJ | 123 | 6,758,641 | 1.8 | 1.4 |
| NASSAU, NY - SUFFOLK, NY | 130 | 8,321,000 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| ONEIDA (UTICA), NY - HERKIMER, NY | 20 | 1,160,714 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| ERIE (ERIE), PA - CHAUTAUQUA, NY | 19 | 1,446,893 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| MONTGOMERY (AMSTERDAM), NY - FULTON, NY | 6 | 327,223 | 1.8 | 1.1 |
| SCHENECTADY (SCHENECTADY), NY - WARREN, NY | 20 | 1,463,423 | 1.4 | 1.1 |
| OTSEGO, NY - DELAWARE, NY | 8 | 598,091 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| WESTCHESTER (YONKERS), NY - DUTCHESS, NY | 61 | 4,416,028 | 1.4 | 1.1 |
| ONONDAGA (SYRACUSE), NY - CAYUGA, NY | 24 | 2,095,050 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| BROOME (BINGHAMTON), NY - BRADFORD, PA | 15 | 1,130,171 | 1.3 | 0.9 |
| ST. LAWRENCE, NY - JEFFERSON, NY | 10 | 798,726 | 1.3 | 0.9 |
| ONTARIO (GENEVA), NY - WAYNE, NY | 10 | 779,848 | 1.3 | 0.9 |
| CATTARAUGUS, NY - MC KEAN, PA | 5 | 642,636 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| CORTLAND, NY - TOMPKINS, NY | 3 | 448,255 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| ALBANY (ALBANY), NY - RENSSELAER, NY | 8 | 1,510,890 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
