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Table of Contents \| Summary \| Population \| Births \| Deaths \| Marriages \| Divorces \| County Data	Tables extracted from the 2000 West Virginia Vital Statistics Annual Report

Leading Causes of Death	Total All Age Groups
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total Deaths, All Causes	10,222	100.0	10,905	100.0	21,127	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	3,124	30.6	3,395	31.1	6,519	30.9
Malignant Neoplasms	2,433	23.8	2,307	21.2	4,740	22.4
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases	649	6.3	704	6.5	1,353	6.4
Cerebrovascular Disease	507	5.0	764	7.0	1,271	6.0
Accidents	542	5.3	297	2.7	839	4.0
Diabetes Mellitus	328	3.2	427	3.9	755	3.6
Influenza and Pneumonia	144	1.4	243	2.2	387	1.8
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	185	1.8	193	1.8	378	1.8
Alzheimer's Disease	107	1.0	262	2.4	369	1.7
Septicemia	130	1.3	182	1.7	312	1.5
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	167	1.6	87	0.8	254	1.2
All Other Causes (Residual)	1,906	18.6	2,044	18.7	3,950	18.7
Leading Causes of Death	Total All Age Groups
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent