I want to compare the number of deaths due to 9/11 in NYC to other
causes.  I want only deaths for New York City, and I would like it to
include the total number of deaths in NYC per year, and deaths due to
murder per year. I also need the number of deaths due to a few other
more mundane categories of your choosing such as traffic accidents,
heart attacks, etc (also, featuring NYC ONLY).

Hi desdnhope!
All the figures you need can be found at the following link (although
these are statistics from 2002, it's the most updated report
available):

Summary of Vital Statistics 2002 - New York
http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/pdf/vs/2002sum.pdf

The main five causes of death in this year were:

Diseases of Heart               24,519
Malignant Neoplasms (Cancer)    13,742
Influenza and Pneumonia          2,508
Cerebrovascular diseases         1,854
HIV Disease                      1,712

Deaths from homicide were 625, and 414 people died in motor vehicle
accidents. The total number of deaths this year was 59,651.
Comparatively, 2,801 people died in the World Trade Center attack

September 11 News
http://www.september11news.com/911Art.htm

If you want to find the causes of death in NYC for any year since 1995
(up to 2002), you can go to this link:

Vital Statistics - NYC DOHMH
http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/vs/vs.html


Google search terms
death causes city "new york"
://www.google.com.ar/search?hl=es&ie=UTF-8&q=death+causes+city+%22new+york%22&meta=


I hope this helps! If you have any doubt regarding my answer, please
don't hesitate to request a clarification before rating it, I'll be
glad to help you further.

Best regards,
elmarto

Thanks for the rating and tip!