"The purpose of the NFR is to better understand how firefighters' occupational factors contribute to their risk of developing cancer," said a spokeswoman for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In Nassau, the 14,371 deaths reported in 2020 was a 31% spike from 10,968 a year earlier. In Suffolk, 15,626 died in 2020, a nearly 25% increase from 12,515 in 2019, according to state health department data.
Nassau ranked as the state's third-healthiest county, behind Putnam and Saratoga, while Suffolk ranked eighth, but Black Long Islanders have lower life expectancies than others, according to a new study.
Nassau ranked as the state's third-healthiest county and Suffolk as eighth, but Black residents have the lowest life expectancy among all Long Islanders, the study showed.