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Selected Causes of Resident Deaths: Number and Rate* by City
City of Morgantown, 2006
Table 47

Selected Causes of Death Number Rate
Fetal Deaths 0 0.0
Total Deaths, All Causes 237 8.3
---Deaths under 1 Year 4 7.6
---Deaths under 28 Days 0 0.0
Tuberculosis 0 0.0
Septicemia 10 34.9
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 0 0.0
Malignant Neoplasms 49 171.0
---of Digestive Organs 10 34.9
------Colon 4 14.0
------Pancreas 4 14.0
---of Respiratory and Intrathoracic Organs 12 41.9
------Trachea, Bronchus, and Lung 11 38.4
---of Breast 4 14.0
---of Genitourinary Organs 10 34.9
------Cervix Uteri 0 0.0
------Ovary 0 0.0
------Prostate 5 17.4
------Bladder 1 3.5
---All Other (Malignant Neoplasms) 13 45.4
Benign Neoplasms, Carcinoma in Situ, and Unspecified Neoplasms 2 7.0
Diabetes Mellitus 8 27.9
Dementia 5 17.4
Alzheimer's Disease 11 38.4
Major Cardiovascular Disease 86 300.1
---Diseases of the Heart 72 251.3
------Ischemic Heart Disease 40 139.6
---Essential Hypertension and Hypertensive Renal Disease 0 0.0
---Cerebrovascular Diseases 14 48.9
---Atherosclerosis 0 0.0
---Other Diseases of Arteries, Arterioles, and Capillaries 0 0.0
Influenza and Pneumonia 7 24.4
---Influenza 0 0.0
---Pneumonia 7 24.4
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 6 20.9
Lung Diseases due to External Agents 2 7.0
---Coalworker's Pneumoconiosis 1 3.5
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 2 7.0
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis 5 17.4
Congenital Anomalies 4 14.0
Ill-Defined and Unknown Causes of Death 3 10.5
Accidents 5 17.4
---Motor Vehicle Injuries 2 7.0
---Falls 1 3.5
---Smoke, Fires, and Flames 0 0.0
---Drownings 0 0.0
---Poisonings 0 0.0
---Other Accidents 2 7.0
Intentional Self-Harm 4 14.0
Assault 2 7.0
All Other Causes (Residual) 26 90.7
Selected Causes of Death Number Rate

This Table extracted from the West Virginia Vital Statistics 2006 Annual Report

Last updated April 30, 2008.

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