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Selected Causes of Resident Deaths: Number and Rate* by District**
District 2, 2005
Table 45

Selected Causes of Death Number Rate
Fetal Deaths 16 5.4
Total Deaths, All Causes 3,147 12.7
---Deaths under 1 Year 30 10.1
---Deaths under 28 Days 17 5.7
Tuberculosis 0 0.0
Septicemia 48 19.4
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 6 2.4
Malignant Neoplasms 714 288.2
---of Digestive Organs 131 52.9
------Colon 45 18.2
------Pancreas 35 14.1
---of Respiratory and Intrathoracic Organs 286 115.5
------Trachea, Bronchus, and Lung 275 111.0
---of Breast 59 23.8
---of Genitourinary Organs 78 31.5
------Cervix Uteri 6 2.4
------Ovary 17 6.9
------Prostate 20 8.1
------Bladder 15 6.1
---All Other (Malignant Neoplasms) 160 64.6
Benign Neoplasms, Carcinoma in Situ, and Unspecified Neoplasms 17 6.9
Diabetes Mellitus 129 52.1
Alzheimer's Disease 104 42.0
Major Cardiovascular Disease 1,045 421.9
---Diseases of the Heart 807 325.8
------Ischemic Heart Disease 581 234.6
---Essential Hypertension and Hypertensive Renal Disease 27 10.9
---Cerebrovascular Diseases 179 72.3
---Atherosclerosis 6 2.4
---Other Diseases of Arteries, Arterioles, and Capillaries 26 10.5
Influenza and Pneumonia 67 27.0
---Influenza 7 2.8
---Pneumonia 60 24.2
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 198 79.9
Lung Diseases due to External Agents 36 14.5
---Coalworker's Pneumoconiosis 15 6.1
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 32 12.9
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis 51 20.6
Congenital Anomalies 8 3.2
Ill-Defined and Unknown Causes of Death 41 16.6
Accidents 191 77.1
---Motor Vehicle Injuries 65 26.2
---Falls 27 10.9
---Smoke, Fires, and Flames 7 2.8
---Drownings 1 0.4
---Poisonings 69 27.9
---Other Accidents 22 8.9
Intentional Self-Harm 42 17.0
Assault 24 9.7
All Other Causes (Residual) 394 159.1
Selected Causes of Death Number Rate

* All rates are deaths per 100,000 population except fetal deaths, deaths under 1 year, and deaths under 28 days, all of which are per 1,000 live births, and total deaths, which are per 1,000 population.
** Public Health Management Districts
This Table extracted from the West Virginia Vital Statistics 2005 Annual Report

Last updated April 9, 2007.

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