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Selected Causes of Resident Deaths by Month of Occurrence
West Virginia, 2004
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 9 14 16 11 7 6 12 11 9 14 9 17 135
Total Deaths, All Causes 2,013 1,770 1,858 1,769 1,600 1,589 1,669 1,632 1,535 1,798 1,738 1,805 20,776
---Deaths under 1 Year 14 22 8 18 9 8 10 14 17 7 12 19 158
---Deaths under 28 Days 7 14 6 6 8 4 9 12 10 5 7 13 101
Tuberculosis 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4
Septicemia 45 19 32 22 24 31 29 38 20 21 30 29 340
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 3 6 2 3 2 0 1 3 0 5 0 3 28
Malignant Neoplasms 409 364 403 406 389 384 415 390 337 423 386 388 4,694
---of Digestive Organs 96 83 77 100 71 83 91 96 84 93 79 86 1,039
------Colon 37 29 33 40 22 30 28 30 33 27 33 38 380
------Pancreas 24 14 9 24 18 24 24 30 22 14 19 15 237
---of Respiratory and Intrathoracic Organs 129 98 131 124 143 144 116 129 115 144 121 137 1,531
------Trachea, Bronchus, and Lung 127 95 125 123 136 142 111 125 114 137 118 134 1,487
---of Breast 22 21 30 19 29 20 39 26 18 29 42 17 312
---of Genitourinary Organs 49 63 65 56 52 61 61 46 40 59 49 52 653
------Cervix Uteri 2 3 3 3 1 2 5 2 4 3 2 3 33
------Ovary 12 14 12 13 10 12 6 11 7 13 14 12 136
------Prostate 15 20 22 17 17 13 17 20 10 16 8 15 190
------Bladder 11 15 13 4 10 11 11 3 9 8 10 12 117
---All Other (Malignant Neoplasms) 113 99 100 107 94 76 108 93 80 98 95 96 1,159
Benign Neoplasms, Carcinoma in Situ, and Unspecified Neoplasms 10 8 8 8 5 8 13 11 14 8 7 11 111
Diabetes Mellitus 66 75 73 68 59 72 60 72 71 68 94 72 850
Alzheimer's Disease 53 58 33 41 28 33 44 36 42 51 32 56 507
Major Cardiovascular Disease 737 629 692 646 587 552 557 547 530 624 625 653 7,379
---Diseases of the Heart 568 482 544 491 440 428 416 410 412 492 475 481 5,639
------Ischemic Heart Disease 378 312 346 338 302 306 276 265 282 343 321 340 3,809
---Essential Hypertension and Hypertensive Renal Disease 25 15 14 12 17 13 18 21 14 12 25 18 204
---Cerebrovascular Diseases 111 105 102 119 103 82 95 90 74 96 100 120 1,197
---Atherosclerosis 11 13 7 7 13 6 10 8 14 8 9 16 122
---Other Diseases of Arteries, Arterioles, and Capillaries 22 14 25 17 14 23 18 18 16 16 16 18 217
Influenza and Pneumonia 62 33 46 38 28 26 23 26 29 29 28 48 416
---Influenza 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
---Pneumonia 51 33 46 38 28 26 23 26 29 29 28 48 405
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 152 119 121 110 79 90 107 77 73 111 93 107 1,239
Lung Diseases due to External Agents 31 28 17 19 14 15 23 14 20 13 15 19 228
---Coalworker's Pneumoconiosis 11 13 7 6 3 6 8 7 4 4 5 7 81
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 28 22 23 17 16 21 20 27 19 30 22 19 264
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis 44 33 42 36 37 27 30 42 35 40 41 36 443
Congenital Anomalies 7 10 1 7 5 5 7 8 11 3 3 6 73
Ill-Defined and Unknown Causes of Death 16 15 4 25 13 11 10 14 13 15 17 14 167
Accidents 80 84 89 80 104 100 99 89 94 98 84 103 1,104
---Motor Vehicle Injuries 25 32 33 23 32 38 43 36 34 36 35 41 408
---Falls 11 16 11 16 12 11 4 15 24 14 5 21 160
---Smoke, Fires, and Flames 4 0 2 2 0 3 4 0 1 0 1 9 26
---Drownings 0 0 0 2 7 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 18
---Poisonings 20 22 26 17 33 32 26 22 21 37 30 20 306
---Other Accidents 20 14 17 20 20 12 19 16 12 11 13 12 186
Intentional Self-Harm 18 24 20 33 23 25 23 24 18 25 28 20 281
Assault 6 8 7 10 9 5 3 7 6 3 11 4 79
All Other Causes (Residual) 246 235 245 199 177 184 203 207 203 231 222 217 2,569
Selected Causes of Death Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Total
Number of Deaths per Month

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


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