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Selected Causes of Resident Deaths by Month of Occurrence
Wood 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 9 5 10 2 3 3 10 3 3 6 5 7 66
Total Deaths, All Causes 883 772 947 785 792 712 688 702 666 748 754 815 9,264
---Deaths under 1 Year 6 6 4 5 12 7 7 7 7 8 10 5 84
---Deaths under 28 Days 2 2 1 2 4 4 5 4 7 4 6 2 43
Tuberculosis 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 7
Septicemia 3 6 5 5 3 6 9 3 4 2 3 5 54
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 2 3 4 0 1 2 5 3 2 2 2 3 29
Malignant Neoplasms 201 152 201 174 191 170 163 203 173 171 182 186 2,167
---of Digestive Organs and Peritoneum 31 30 36 50 40 36 44 38 37 39 38 50 469
------Colon 8 15 7 20 20 16 18 10 14 20 20 28 196
------Pancreas 10 8 12 10 9 10 8 7 6 5 8 8 101
---of Respiratory and Intrathoracic Organs 70 56 75 56 65 51 57 79 66 60 66 65 766
------Trachea, Bronchus, and Lung 67 56 74 54 65 50 56 77 66 60 64 65 754
---of Female Breast 18 3 13 11 8 9 9 16 11 11 11 11 131
---of Genitourinary Organs 30 21 24 22 32 29 17 28 25 17 34 27 306
------Cervix Uteri 4 0 2 1 0 2 2 3 1 0 2 1 18
------Ovarian and Other Uterine 7 6 2 7 10 5 1 5 7 5 10 9 74
------Prostate 14 5 17 6 11 13 8 13 11 8 6 8 120
------Bladder 4 6 3 1 6 4 2 6 2 4 6 5 49
---All Other (Malignant Neoplasms) 52 42 53 35 46 45 36 42 34 44 33 33 495
Benign Neoplasms, Carcinoma in Situ, and Unspecified Neoplasms 1 4 1 2 0 5 2 4 2 2 1 1 25
Diabetes Mellitus 29 29 39 20 29 18 17 23 20 21 21 28 294
Major Cardiovascular Disease 398 360 469 379 377 322 308 301 303 346 341 372 4,276
---Diseases of the Heart 304 271 355 279 293 234 232 232 233 258 247 273 3,211
------Ischemic Heart Disease 195 170 208 163 177 127 158 152 131 160 162 156 1,959
---Hypertension 6 9 6 4 4 5 1 1 1 3 10 3 53
---Cerebrovascular Diseases 49 48 62 55 43 46 47 33 42 42 49 60 576
---Atherosclerosis 31 26 32 32 25 27 18 19 21 31 28 25 315
---Other Diseases of Arteries, Arterioles, and Capillaries 8 6 14 9 12 10 10 16 6 12 7 11 121
Pneumonia and Influenza 43 32 42 34 26 21 17 16 17 30 22 37 337
---Pneumonia 40 31 41 34 26 21 17 16 17 30 21 36 330
---Influenza 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions 42 51 40 36 33 30 25 34 19 26 28 40 404
Bronchitis, Emphysema, and Asthma 7 8 11 10 11 4 5 6 5 4 6 8 85
Pneumoconiosis and Other Lung Diseases Due to External Agent 1 5 5 4 1 2 1 1 2 2 4 1 29
---Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 4 6 5 7 3 9 6 6 6 9 8 3 72
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis 14 8 6 5 6 6 4 6 8 4 8 6 81
Congenital Anomalies 7 2 2 2 9 4 7 2 3 7 6 1 52
Symptoms, Signs, and Ill-Defined Conditions 12 10 8 6 5 3 7 5 6 7 6 18 93
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms 23 16 19 28 34 28 27 21 24 28 20 28 296
---Motor Vehicle Injuries 15 5 7 15 17 16 10 11 18 13 14 16 157
---Falls 2 3 5 5 2 2 4 5 3 4 3 4 42
---Fires and Flames 1 2 3 2 4 3 2 0 0 2 1 0 20
---Drownings 0 0 0 0 2 4 4 1 0 0 0 1 12
---All Other (Unintentional Injuries) 5 6 4 6 9 3 7 4 3 9 2 7 65
Suicide 11 9 9 8 4 7 9 5 8 6 9 8 93
Homicide 1 3 2 2 1 3 3 2 2 1 0 6 26
All Other Causes (Residual) 89 76 89 72 68 76 77 67 67 83 93 72 929
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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