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Selected Causes of Resident Deaths by Month of Occurrence
West Virginia, 2003
Table 48

Selected Causes of Death Number of Deaths per Month Total
Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
Fetal Deaths 13 9 16 20 10 10 12 7 6 11 7 8 129
Total Deaths, All Causes 1,869 1,649 1,850 1,722 1,690 1,649 1,718 1,716 1,588 1,790 1,791 2,267 21,299
---Deaths under 1 Year 19 16 13 14 10 13 13 9 12 15 12 7 153
---Deaths under 28 Days 9 13 11 9 5 10 8 5 6 8 6 5 95
Tuberculosis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3
Septicemia 18 18 26 24 33 22 26 15 22 26 26 38 294
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 1 4 1 2 1 2 1 7 1 4 3 3 30
Malignant Neoplasms 381 344 389 367 383 398 362 409 370 391 401 438 4,633
---of Digestive Organs 88 72 81 87 84 89 80 85 93 79 81 89 1,008
------Colon 31 33 33 40 35 34 28 40 31 36 33 39 413
------Pancreas 15 11 18 14 20 17 11 17 16 14 18 16 187
---of Respiratory and Intrathoracic Organs 135 105 123 131 117 137 114 132 120 148 124 148 1,534
------Trachea, Bronchus, and Lung 130 102 118 126 114 131 113 130 113 144 119 143 1,483
---of Breast 14 35 29 23 25 32 26 21 23 17 26 33 304
---of Genitourinary Organs 47 46 44 46 53 45 58 51 53 45 56 52 596
------Cervix Uteri 5 2 3 4 5 6 3 2 3 3 5 2 43
------Ovary 5 9 7 9 10 2 17 13 8 8 11 11 110
------Prostate 15 16 15 15 20 18 18 19 21 17 18 14 206
------Bladder 5 7 4 4 4 4 7 10 8 6 7 13 79
---All Other (Malignant Neoplasms) 97 86 112 80 104 95 84 120 81 102 114 116 1,191
Benign Neoplasms, Carcinoma in Situ, and Unspecified Neoplasms 13 12 12 8 19 8 8 8 13 8 10 10 129
Diabetes Mellitus 73 75 74 56 69 59 63 65 49 61 71 78 793
Alzheimer's Disease 51 36 36 30 34 36 43 39 42 39 52 70 508
Major Cardiovascular Disease 741 645 712 685 630 618 629 618 571 654 668 864 8,035
---Diseases of the Heart 559 506 537 541 493 477 478 481 434 507 519 676 6,208
------Ischemic Heart Disease 404 361 384 372 344 325 326 348 300 384 339 450 4,337
---Essential Hypertension and Hypertensive Renal Disease 17 13 23 14 11 15 12 12 22 18 11 23 191
---Cerebrovascular Diseases 133 106 129 103 98 103 104 100 83 99 108 132 1,298
---Atherosclerosis 14 9 4 8 9 7 15 9 14 11 8 11 119
---Other Diseases of Arteries, Arterioles, and Capillaries 18 11 19 19 19 16 20 16 18 19 22 22 219
Influenza and Pneumonia 35 44 32 43 30 26 35 22 26 27 39 98 457
---Influenza 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 30 35
---Pneumonia 34 43 32 43 30 26 35 22 26 27 36 68 422
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 110 102 143 101 102 104 101 87 84 115 107 159 1,315
Lung Diseases due to External Agents 15 16 23 17 14 16 23 19 21 27 21 22 234
---Coalworker's Pneumoconiosis 5 10 7 7 5 5 10 6 8 9 5 8 85
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 20 16 18 20 13 18 25 26 27 25 17 25 250
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis 37 46 31 35 20 32 35 35 36 44 47 49 447
Congenital Anomalies 4 7 8 4 5 3 5 6 4 6 2 10 64
Ill-Defined and Unknown Causes of Death 17 11 10 14 18 10 19 20 15 26 19 24 203
Accidents 76 57 84 75 83 71 94 97 92 97 63 77 966
---Motor Vehicle Injuries 26 17 32 38 24 33 43 44 40 40 25 30 392
---Falls 9 10 9 7 13 8 10 11 16 12 7 8 120
---Smoke, Fires, and Flames 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 15
---Drownings 2 0 3 2 3 1 3 2 2 1 2 0 21
---Poisonings 20 21 28 15 28 15 22 26 18 25 17 17 252
---Other Accidents 14 7 12 11 15 14 16 14 14 18 11 20 166
Intentional Self-Harm 30 13 19 27 26 16 30 24 23 23 27 20 278
Assault 11 6 8 10 6 7 3 10 6 6 7 12 92
All Other Causes (Residual) 236 197 224 204 204 203 216 209 184 211 210 270 2,568
Selected Causes of Death Number of Deaths per Month Total
Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec


Last updated March 29, 2005.

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