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Selected Causes of Resident Deaths: Number and Rate* by District**
District 1, 2006
Table 45

Selected Causes of Death Number Rate
Fetal Deaths 17 7.0
Total Deaths, All Causes 2,677 12.4
---Deaths under 1 Year 27 11.1
---Deaths under 28 Days 13 5.4
Tuberculosis 0 0.0
Septicemia 53 24.6
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 2 0.9
Malignant Neoplasms 550 255.0
---of Digestive Organs 108 50.1
------Colon 37 17.2
------Pancreas 16 7.4
---of Respiratory and Intrathoracic Organs 188 87.1
------Trachea, Bronchus, and Lung 185 85.8
---of Breast 44 20.4
---of Genitourinary Organs 71 32.9
------Cervix Uteri 4 1.9
------Ovary 10 4.6
------Prostate 26 12.1
------Bladder 12 5.6
---All Other (Malignant Neoplasms) 139 64.4
Benign Neoplasms, Carcinoma in Situ, and Unspecified Neoplasms 16 7.4
Diabetes Mellitus 105 48.7
Dementia 62 28.7
Alzheimer's Disease 49 22.7
Major Cardiovascular Disease 926 429.2
---Diseases of the Heart 724 335.6
------Ischemic Heart Disease 459 212.8
---Essential Hypertension and Hypertensive Renal Disease 36 16.7
---Cerebrovascular Diseases 132 61.2
---Atherosclerosis 2 0.9
---Other Diseases of Arteries, Arterioles, and Capillaries 32 14.8
Influenza and Pneumonia 43 19.9
---Influenza 0 0.0
---Pneumonia 43 19.9
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 169 78.3
Lung Diseases due to External Agents 57 26.4
---Coalworker's Pneumoconiosis 35 16.2
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 37 17.2
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis 59 27.3
Congenital Anomalies 14 6.5
Ill-Defined and Unknown Causes of Death 35 16.2
Accidents 182 84.4
---Motor Vehicle Injuries 59 27.3
---Falls 18 8.3
---Smoke, Fires, and Flames 5 2.3
---Drownings 3 1.4
---Poisonings 73 33.8
---Other Accidents 24 11.1
Intentional Self-Harm 43 19.9
Assault 23 10.7
All Other Causes (Residual) 252 116.8
Selected Causes of Death Number Rate

* All rates are deaths per 100,000 population except fetal deaths, deaths under 1 year, and deaths under 28 days, all of which are per 1,000 live births, and total deaths, which are per 1,000 population.
** Public Health Management Districts
This Table extracted from the West Virginia Vital Statistics 2006 Annual Report

Last updated April 30, 2008.

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