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Selected Causes of Resident Deaths: Number and Rate* by District**
District 8, 2006
Table 45

Selected Causes of Death Number Rate
Fetal Deaths 5 1.6
Total Deaths, All Causes 2,167 8.8
---Deaths under 1 Year 21 6.9
---Deaths under 28 Days 13 4.2
Tuberculosis 0 0.0
Septicemia 34 13.8
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 5 2.0
Malignant Neoplasms 540 218.9
---of Digestive Organs 124 50.3
------Colon 41 16.6
------Pancreas 27 10.9
---of Respiratory and Intrathoracic Organs 168 68.1
------Trachea, Bronchus, and Lung 167 67.7
---of Breast 29 11.8
---of Genitourinary Organs 83 33.6
------Cervix Uteri 2 0.8
------Ovary 12 4.9
------Prostate 25 10.1
------Bladder 16 6.5
---All Other (Malignant Neoplasms) 136 55.1
Benign Neoplasms, Carcinoma in Situ, and Unspecified Neoplasms 11 4.5
Diabetes Mellitus 76 30.8
Dementia 35 14.2
Alzheimer's Disease 64 25.9
Major Cardiovascular Disease 691 280.1
---Diseases of the Heart 525 212.8
------Ischemic Heart Disease 330 133.7
---Essential Hypertension and Hypertensive Renal Disease 21 8.5
---Cerebrovascular Diseases 106 43.0
---Atherosclerosis 18 7.3
---Other Diseases of Arteries, Arterioles, and Capillaries 21 8.5
Influenza and Pneumonia 51 20.7
---Influenza 5 2.0
---Pneumonia 46 18.6
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 117 47.4
Lung Diseases due to External Agents 17 6.9
---Coalworker's Pneumoconiosis 1 0.4
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 30 12.2
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis 51 20.7
Congenital Anomalies 9 3.6
Ill-Defined and Unknown Causes of Death 27 10.9
Accidents 127 51.5
---Motor Vehicle Injuries 52 21.1
---Falls 15 6.1
---Smoke, Fires, and Flames 6 2.4
---Drownings 3 1.2
---Poisonings 28 11.3
---Other Accidents 23 9.3
Intentional Self-Harm 44 17.8
Assault 12 4.9
All Other Causes (Residual) 226 91.6
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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