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Selected Causes of Resident Deaths: Number and Rate* by District**
District 2, 2006
Table 45

Selected Causes of Death Number Rate
Fetal Deaths 18 5.9
Total Deaths, All Causes 3,067 12.4
---Deaths under 1 Year 26 8.5
---Deaths under 28 Days 11 3.6
Tuberculosis 1 0.4
Septicemia 39 15.8
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 4 1.6
Malignant Neoplasms 677 274.1
---of Digestive Organs 132 53.4
------Colon 49 19.8
------Pancreas 30 12.1
---of Respiratory and Intrathoracic Organs 268 108.5
------Trachea, Bronchus, and Lung 260 105.3
---of Breast 43 17.4
---of Genitourinary Organs 76 30.8
------Cervix Uteri 5 2.0
------Ovary 17 6.9
------Prostate 17 6.9
------Bladder 14 5.7
---All Other (Malignant Neoplasms) 158 64.0
Benign Neoplasms, Carcinoma in Situ, and Unspecified Neoplasms 19 7.7
Diabetes Mellitus 118 47.8
Dementia 63 25.5
Alzheimer's Disease 97 39.3
Major Cardiovascular Disease 981 397.2
---Diseases of the Heart 764 309.3
------Ischemic Heart Disease 545 220.7
---Essential Hypertension and Hypertensive Renal Disease 22 8.9
---Cerebrovascular Diseases 171 69.2
---Atherosclerosis 2 0.8
---Other Diseases of Arteries, Arterioles, and Capillaries 22 8.9
Influenza and Pneumonia 53 21.5
---Influenza 1 0.4
---Pneumonia 52 21.1
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 217 87.9
Lung Diseases due to External Agents 50 20.2
---Coalworker's Pneumoconiosis 25 10.1
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 45 18.2
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis 68 27.5
Congenital Anomalies 15 6.1
Ill-Defined and Unknown Causes of Death 43 17.4
Accidents 223 90.3
---Motor Vehicle Injuries 72 29.2
---Falls 22 8.9
---Smoke, Fires, and Flames 7 2.8
---Drownings 3 1.2
---Poisonings 94 38.1
---Other Accidents 25 10.1
Intentional Self-Harm 28 11.3
Assault 15 6.1
All Other Causes (Residual) 311 125.9
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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