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Selected Causes of Resident Deaths: Number and Rate* by City
City of Beckley, 2003
Table 45

Selected Causes of Death Number Rate
Fetal Deaths 1 3.2
Total Deaths, All Causes 346 20.4
---Deaths under 1 Year 2 6.3
---Deaths under 28 Days 1 3.2
Tuberculosis 1 5.9
Septicemia 4 23.5
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 4 23.5
Malignant Neoplasms 78 459.0
---of Digestive Organs 16 94.2
------Colon 8 47.1
------Pancreas 3 17.7
---of Respiratory and Intrathoracic Organs 28 164.8
------Trachea, Bronchus, and Lung 27 158.9
---of Breast 4 23.5
---of Genitourinary Organs 8 47.1
------Cervix Uteri 2 11.8
------Ovary 3 17.7
------Prostate 2 11.8
------Bladder 1 5.9
---All Other (Malignant Neoplasms) 22 129.5
Benign Neoplasms, Carcinoma in Situ, and Unspecified Neoplasms 1 5.9
Diabetes Mellitus 14 82.4
Alzheimer's Disease 5 29.4
Major Cardiovascular Disease 144 847.4
---Diseases of the Heart 115 676.7
------Ischemic Heart Disease 67 394.3
---Essential Hypertension and Hypertensive Renal Disease 1 5.9
---Cerebrovascular Diseases 19 111.8
---Atherosclerosis 2 11.8
---Other Diseases of Arteries, Arterioles, and Capillaries 7 41.2
Influenza and Pneumonia 4 23.5
---Influenza 0 0.0
---Pneumonia 4 23.5
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 19 111.8
Lung Diseases due to External Agents 2 11.8
---Coalworker's Pneumoconiosis 0 0.0
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 4 23.5
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis 9 53.0
Congenital Anomalies 0 0.0
Ill-Defined and Unknown Causes of Death 2 11.8
Accidents 13 76.5
---Motor Vehicle Injuries 1 5.9
---Falls 1 5.9
---Smoke, Fires, and Flames 3 17.7
---Drownings 1 5.9
---Poisonings 3 17.7
---Other Accidents 4 23.5
Intentional Self-Harm 2 11.8
Assault 1 5.9
All Other Causes (Residual) 39 229.5
Selected Causes of Death Number Rate


Last updated March 29, 2005.

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