Number and Percent Distribution of Leading Causes of Death - By Years of Potential Life Lost Before Age 75 and Actual Deaths

Number and Percent Distribution of Leading Causes of Death
By Years of Potential Life Lost Before Age 75 and Actual Deaths
West Virginia Residents, 2003 and 2004
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Causes of Death	Years of Potential Life Lost Before Age 75				Actual Deaths
	2004		2003		2004		2003
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
All Causes	160,916	100.0	161,585	100.0	20,776	100.0	21,299	100.0
Malignant Neoplasms	34,598	21.5	36,000	22.3	4,694	22.6	4,633	21.8
Diseases of the Heart	24,695	15.3	28,993	17.9	5,639	27.1	6,208	29.1
Nonmotor Vehicle Accidents	16,534	10.3	14,613	9.0	696	3.4	574	2.7
Motor Vehicle Accidents	13,735	8.5	13,066	8.1	408	2.0	392	1.8
Intentional Self-Harm	8,515	5.3	7,830	4.8	281	1.4	278	1.3
Diabetes Mellitus	5,564	3.5	5,351	3.3	850	4.1	793	3.7
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases	4,855	3.0	5,220	3.2	1,239	6.0	1,315	6.2
Cerebrovascular Disease	4,065	2.5	3,912	2.4	1,197	5.8	1,298	6.1
Congenital Anomalies	3,889	2.4	3,261	2.0	73	0.4	64	0.3
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	3,745	2.3	4,021	2.5	264	1.3	250	1.2
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Excluding H.I.V.	3,398	2.1	2,381	1.5	441	2.1	392	1.8
Assault	2,875	1.8	3,343	2.1	79	0.4	92	0.4
Influenza and Pneumonia	1,376	0.9	1,657	1.0	416	2.0	457	2.1
Other Respiratory Conditions of Newborn	1,267	0.8	1,490	0.9	17	0.1	20	0.1
Disorders Relating to Short Gestation and Unspecified Low Birthweight	1,267	0.8	820	0.5	17	0.1	11	0.1
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome	1,118	0.7	1,341	0.8	15	0.1	18	0.1
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection	854	0.5	1,023	0.6	28	0.1	30	0.1
Alcohol or Drug Psychoses, Dependence or Abuse	785	0.5	787	0.5	35	0.2	41	0.2
Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Birth Asphyxia	596	0.4	522	0.3	8	0.0	7	0.0
All Other Causes (Residual)	27,188	16.9	25,956	16.1	4,379	21.1	4,426	20.8
Causes of Death	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
	2004		2003		2004		2003
	Years of Potential Life Lost Before Age 75				Actual Deaths

This Table extracted from the West Virginia Vital Statistics 2004 Annual Report

Last updated April 13, 2006.

If you have further questions about West Virginia Vital Statistics data, contact the Health Statistics Center at:
Phone: 304-558-9100 or Email:dhhrvitalreg@wv.gov

Number and Percent Distribution of Leading Causes of Death By Years of Potential Life Lost Before Age 75 and Actual Deaths West Virginia Residents, 2003 and 2004 Table 30

Number and Percent Distribution of Leading Causes of Death
By Years of Potential Life Lost Before Age 75 and Actual Deaths
West Virginia Residents, 2003 and 2004
Table 30