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Selected Causes of Resident Deaths: Number and Rate* by District**
District 3, 2005
Table 45

Selected Causes of Death Number Rate
Fetal Deaths 30 9.0
Total Deaths, All Causes 3,394 11.9
---Deaths under 1 Year 25 7.5
---Deaths under 28 Days 9 2.7
Tuberculosis 1 0.4
Septicemia 52 18.3
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 3 1.1
Malignant Neoplasms 787 277.1
---of Digestive Organs 168 59.1
------Colon 61 21.5
------Pancreas 33 11.6
---of Respiratory and Intrathoracic Organs 285 100.3
------Trachea, Bronchus, and Lung 270 95.1
---of Breast 48 16.9
---of Genitourinary Organs 91 32.0
------Cervix Uteri 3 1.1
------Ovary 12 4.2
------Prostate 31 10.9
------Bladder 15 5.3
---All Other (Malignant Neoplasms) 195 68.6
Benign Neoplasms, Carcinoma in Situ, and Unspecified Neoplasms 18 6.3
Diabetes Mellitus 119 41.9
Alzheimer's Disease 97 34.1
Major Cardiovascular Disease 1,121 394.6
---Diseases of the Heart 811 285.5
------Ischemic Heart Disease 575 202.4
---Essential Hypertension and Hypertensive Renal Disease 53 18.7
---Cerebrovascular Diseases 216 76.0
---Atherosclerosis 9 3.2
---Other Diseases of Arteries, Arterioles, and Capillaries 32 11.3
Influenza and Pneumonia 63 22.2
---Influenza 5 1.8
---Pneumonia 58 20.4
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 221 77.8
Lung Diseases due to External Agents 39 13.7
---Coalworker's Pneumoconiosis 7 2.5
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 34 12.0
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis 82 28.9
Congenital Anomalies 12 4.2
Ill-Defined and Unknown Causes of Death 44 15.5
Accidents 174 61.3
---Motor Vehicle Injuries 62 21.8
---Falls 27 9.5
---Smoke, Fires, and Flames 5 1.8
---Drownings 3 1.1
---Poisonings 54 19.0
---Other Accidents 23 8.1
Intentional Self-Harm 31 10.9
Assault 16 5.6
All Other Causes (Residual) 480 169.0
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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