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Selected Causes of Resident Deaths: Number and Rate* by District**
District 7, 2006
Table 45

Selected Causes of Death Number Rate
Fetal Deaths 25 6.2
Total Deaths, All Causes 3,860 10.6
---Deaths under 1 Year 26 6.5
---Deaths under 28 Days 11 2.7
Tuberculosis 0 0.0
Septicemia 79 21.7
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 3 0.8
Malignant Neoplasms 806 221.9
---of Digestive Organs 169 46.5
------Colon 65 17.9
------Pancreas 30 8.3
---of Respiratory and Intrathoracic Organs 277 76.3
------Trachea, Bronchus, and Lung 270 74.3
---of Breast 46 12.7
---of Genitourinary Organs 93 25.6
------Cervix Uteri 5 1.4
------Ovary 12 3.3
------Prostate 32 8.8
------Bladder 13 3.6
---All Other (Malignant Neoplasms) 221 60.8
Benign Neoplasms, Carcinoma in Situ, and Unspecified Neoplasms 26 7.2
Diabetes Mellitus 137 37.7
Dementia 110 30.3
Alzheimer's Disease 120 33.0
Major Cardiovascular Disease 1,356 373.3
---Diseases of the Heart 1,038 285.8
------Ischemic Heart Disease 688 189.4
---Essential Hypertension and Hypertensive Renal Disease 43 11.8
---Cerebrovascular Diseases 217 59.7
---Atherosclerosis 24 6.6
---Other Diseases of Arteries, Arterioles, and Capillaries 34 9.4
Influenza and Pneumonia 80 22.0
---Influenza 2 0.6
---Pneumonia 78 21.5
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 218 60.0
Lung Diseases due to External Agents 41 11.3
---Coalworker's Pneumoconiosis 5 1.4
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 38 10.5
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis 97 26.7
Congenital Anomalies 9 2.5
Ill-Defined and Unknown Causes of Death 38 10.5
Accidents 194 53.4
---Motor Vehicle Injuries 63 17.3
---Falls 28 7.7
---Smoke, Fires, and Flames 4 1.1
---Drownings 5 1.4
---Poisonings 59 16.2
---Other Accidents 35 9.6
Intentional Self-Harm 50 13.8
Assault 14 3.9
All Other Causes (Residual) 444 122.2
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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