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Selected Causes of Resident Deaths: Number and Rate* by District**
District 8, 2005
Table 45

Selected Causes of Death Number Rate
Fetal Deaths 10 3.4
Total Deaths, All Causes 2,136 8.9
---Deaths under 1 Year 28 9.4
---Deaths under 28 Days 21 7.1
Tuberculosis 0 0.0
Septicemia 39 16.2
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 5 2.1
Malignant Neoplasms 451 187.5
---of Digestive Organs 90 37.4
------Colon 40 16.6
------Pancreas 12 5.0
---of Respiratory and Intrathoracic Organs 152 63.2
------Trachea, Bronchus, and Lung 147 61.1
---of Breast 33 13.7
---of Genitourinary Organs 70 29.1
------Cervix Uteri 4 1.7
------Ovary 5 2.1
------Prostate 21 8.7
------Bladder 14 5.8
---All Other (Malignant Neoplasms) 106 44.1
Benign Neoplasms, Carcinoma in Situ, and Unspecified Neoplasms 8 3.3
Diabetes Mellitus 78 32.4
Alzheimer's Disease 54 22.5
Major Cardiovascular Disease 751 312.3
---Diseases of the Heart 580 241.2
------Ischemic Heart Disease 360 149.7
---Essential Hypertension and Hypertensive Renal Disease 25 10.4
---Cerebrovascular Diseases 115 47.8
---Atherosclerosis 14 5.8
---Other Diseases of Arteries, Arterioles, and Capillaries 17 7.1
Influenza and Pneumonia 41 17.0
---Influenza 2 0.8
---Pneumonia 39 16.2
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 138 57.4
Lung Diseases due to External Agents 16 6.7
---Coalworker's Pneumoconiosis 0 0.0
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 29 12.1
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis 43 17.9
Congenital Anomalies 11 4.6
Ill-Defined and Unknown Causes of Death 27 11.2
Accidents 117 48.7
---Motor Vehicle Injuries 47 19.5
---Falls 16 6.7
---Smoke, Fires, and Flames 0 0.0
---Drownings 2 0.8
---Poisonings 31 12.9
---Other Accidents 21 8.7
Intentional Self-Harm 39 16.2
Assault 13 5.4
All Other Causes (Residual) 276 114.8
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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