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Selected Causes of Resident Deaths: Number and Rate* by City
City of Beckley, 1999
Table 45

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Selected Causes of Death Number Rate
Fetal Deaths 2 6.9
Total Deaths, All Causes 342 18.7
---Deaths under 1 Year 1 3.4
---Deaths under 28 Days 0 0.0
Tuberculosis 0 0.0
Septicemia 11 60.1
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 0 0.0
Malignant Neoplasms 76 415.3
---of Digestive Organs 17 92.9
------Colon 4 21.9
------Pancreas 5 27.3
---of Respiratory and Intrathoracic Organs 28 153.0
------Trachea, Bronchus, and Lung 26 142.1
---of Breast 4 21.9
---of Genitourinary Organs 9 49.2
------Cervix Uteri 0 0.0
------Ovary 0 0.0
------Prostate 3 16.4
------Bladder 4 21.9
---All Other (Malignant Neoplasms) 18 98.4
Benign Neoplasms, Carcinoma in Situ, and Unspecified Neoplasms 1 5.5
Diabetes Mellitus 9 49.2
Major Cardiovascular Disease 144 786.9
---Diseases of the Heart 115 628.4
------Ischemic Heart Disease 93 508.2
---Essential Hypertension and Hypertensive Renal Disease 2 10.9
---Cerebrovascular Diseases 23 125.7
---Atherosclerosis 2 10.9
---Other Diseases of Arteries, Arterioles, and Capillaries 2 10.9
Pneumonia and Influenza 2 10.9
---Pneumonia 2 10.9
---Influenza 0 0.0
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 23 125.7
---Bronchitis, Emphysema, and Asthma 0 0.0
Lung Diseases due to External Agents 4 21.9
---Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis 3 16.4
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 6 32.8
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis 8 43.7
Congenital Anomalies 1 5.5
Ill-Defined and Unknown Causes of Death 0 0.0
Accidents 8 43.7
---Motor Vehicle Injuries 4 21.9
---Falls 1 5.5
---Smoke, Fires, and Flames 0 0.0
---Drownings 0 0.0
---Other Accidents 3 16.4
Intentional Self-Harm 5 27.3
Assault 2 10.9
All Other Causes (Residual) 42 229.5
Selected Causes of Death Number Rate


Last updated March 28, 2001.

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