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Selected Causes of Resident Deaths: Number and Rate* by District**
District 3, 2006
Table 45

Selected Causes of Death Number Rate
Fetal Deaths 25 7.4
Total Deaths, All Causes 3,317 11.7
---Deaths under 1 Year 19 5.6
---Deaths under 28 Days 9 2.6
Tuberculosis 0 0.0
Septicemia 59 20.8
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 3 1.1
Malignant Neoplasms 808 285.3
---of Digestive Organs 150 53.0
------Colon 39 13.8
------Pancreas 41 14.5
---of Respiratory and Intrathoracic Organs 305 107.7
------Trachea, Bronchus, and Lung 292 103.1
---of Breast 41 14.5
---of Genitourinary Organs 113 39.9
------Cervix Uteri 4 1.4
------Ovary 24 8.5
------Prostate 35 12.4
------Bladder 19 6.7
---All Other (Malignant Neoplasms) 199 70.3
Benign Neoplasms, Carcinoma in Situ, and Unspecified Neoplasms 16 5.7
Diabetes Mellitus 121 42.7
Dementia 132 46.6
Alzheimer's Disease 108 38.1
Major Cardiovascular Disease 993 350.7
---Diseases of the Heart 730 257.8
------Ischemic Heart Disease 524 185.0
---Essential Hypertension and Hypertensive Renal Disease 48 17.0
---Cerebrovascular Diseases 172 60.7
---Atherosclerosis 6 2.1
---Other Diseases of Arteries, Arterioles, and Capillaries 37 13.1
Influenza and Pneumonia 36 12.7
---Influenza 0 0.0
---Pneumonia 36 12.7
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 189 66.7
Lung Diseases due to External Agents 26 9.2
---Coalworker's Pneumoconiosis 7 2.5
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 44 15.5
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis 66 23.3
Congenital Anomalies 11 3.9
Ill-Defined and Unknown Causes of Death 30 10.6
Accidents 206 72.7
---Motor Vehicle Injuries 74 26.1
---Falls 25 8.8
---Smoke, Fires, and Flames 5 1.8
---Drownings 2 0.7
---Poisonings 70 24.7
---Other Accidents 30 10.6
Intentional Self-Harm 40 14.1
Assault 24 8.5
All Other Causes (Residual) 405 143.0
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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