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Selected Causes of Resident Deaths by Month of Occurrence
Greenbrier County, 1989 - 1998

Selected Causes of Death Number of Deaths per Month Total
Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
Fetal Deaths 5 4 1 4 2 3 3 3 1 0 1 2 29
Total Deaths, All Causes 434 363 408 389 391 342 330 361 338 424 363 364 4,507
---Deaths under 1 Year 1 1 4 3 3 0 2 1 2 0 3 1 21
---Deaths under 28 Days 0 0 4 3 2 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 15
Tuberculosis 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Septicemia 3 5 5 3 4 2 1 4 4 8 7 3 49
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 9
Malignant Neoplasms 92 67 96 91 77 78 94 88 88 103 76 67 1,017
---of Digestive Organs and Peritoneum 19 18 22 17 15 20 21 18 17 21 14 14 216
------Colon 5 4 10 8 8 4 8 8 10 6 6 4 81
------Pancreas 6 7 5 5 3 3 4 4 4 6 3 3 53
---of Respiratory and Intrathoracic Organs 32 23 29 33 26 24 31 36 30 41 29 28 362
------Trachea, Bronchus, and Lung 32 23 29 33 23 22 30 36 30 39 26 28 351
---of Female Breast 8 5 2 6 5 8 5 4 6 5 3 2 59
---of Genitourinary Organs 12 6 18 17 8 10 16 12 12 13 11 7 142
------Cervix Uteri 1 0 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 13
------Ovarian and Other Uterine 3 3 7 3 2 2 3 1 2 3 3 3 35
------Prostate 5 2 6 9 3 5 6 7 8 5 5 2 63
------Bladder 2 0 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 3 2 1 19
---All Other (Malignant Neoplasms) 21 15 25 18 23 16 21 18 23 23 19 16 238
Benign Neoplasms, Carcinoma in Situ, and Unspecified Neoplasms 0 1 0 3 1 4 2 1 3 2 0 0 17
Diabetes Mellitus 6 12 16 8 8 6 5 8 13 11 10 11 114
Major Cardiovascular Disease 171 148 156 152 165 152 126 142 124 180 145 165 1,826
---Diseases of the Heart 131 115 124 125 130 113 97 100 89 129 105 133 1,391
------Ischemic Heart Disease 81 66 73 74 77 67 59 62 44 71 60 73 807
---Hypertension 3 1 3 0 2 4 6 2 5 3 1 1 31
---Cerebrovascular Diseases 23 18 21 21 27 24 16 27 21 35 32 24 289
---Atherosclerosis 4 7 2 1 2 7 4 3 3 3 1 4 41
---Other Diseases of Arteries, Arterioles, and Capillaries 10 7 6 5 4 4 3 10 6 10 6 3 74
Pneumonia and Influenza 19 19 16 10 18 4 5 14 10 10 22 14 161
---Pneumonia 19 15 14 10 18 4 5 14 10 10 22 13 154
---Influenza 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions 33 16 28 24 15 14 17 20 18 12 14 19 230
Bronchitis, Emphysema, and Asthma 7 4 4 4 1 4 2 6 5 1 1 5 44
Pneumoconiosis and Other Lung Diseases Due to External Agent 5 6 6 4 4 4 5 3 6 6 8 5 62
---Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis 4 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 5 4 3 35
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 4 2 5 5 3 0 1 4 3 4 1 7 39
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis 10 6 6 3 8 7 6 6 2 7 5 3 69
Congenital Anomalies 3 2 1 3 2 1 1 4 1 0 3 1 22
Symptoms, Signs, and Ill-Defined Conditions 5 9 6 7 8 4 7 7 6 4 8 8 79
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms 24 17 11 21 17 10 19 13 15 17 11 11 186
---Motor Vehicle Injuries 9 5 2 12 8 6 15 9 6 8 7 5 92
---Falls 5 6 3 4 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 30
---Fires and Flames 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 11
---Drownings 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 6
---All Other (Unintentional Injuries) 7 4 4 5 6 2 2 1 4 5 2 5 47
Suicide 8 3 4 9 6 5 4 7 4 6 2 3 61
Homicide 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 8
All Other Causes (Residual) 49 50 51 42 53 49 35 40 41 53 48 46 557
Selected Causes of Death Number of Deaths per Month Total
Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec


Last updated March 7, 2001.

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