Lewis, NY

Located in Lewis County, New York 1,372 deaths recorded (1882-2016)

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Lewis is located in Lewis County, New York. According to the New York State Death Index, 1,372 deaths were recorded in Lewis from 1882 to 2016.

Between 1957 and 2016, there were also 564 people who were usually residents of Lewis but who died elsewhere in New York.

Note: There is also a town named Lewis in Essex County. The data on this page is specific to Lewis in Lewis County.

Deaths in Lewis Recorded by the New York State Department of Health (1882-2016)

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 Lewis between 1882-2016, or who were residents at the time of their death but died elsewhere (1957-2016)

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Residents Who Died Elsewhere

Data for 1957-2017

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Age at Death Statistics for Lewis

Data for 1940-2016

Oldest Recorded Residents

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Average Age of Death in Lewis by Decade

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