Binge drinking, chlamydia and colonoscopies: New Web portal tells on New Yorkers
The neighborhoods of Brighton Beach and Coney Island have the highest death rate in New York City. There are 11.4 deaths per thousand residents in this area, versus the New York City average of 6.3.
Residents of Brooklyn Heights, on the other hand, die at the rate of 5.5 per thousand.
And trendy Bushwick has one of the lowest death rates in Brooklyn — 4.1 deaths per thousand.