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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	Eighty-Five Years and Over
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total Deaths, All Causes	1,798	100.0	3,791	100.0	5,589	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	686	38.2	1,526	40.3	2,212	39.6
Malignant Neoplasms	261	14.5	333	8.8	594	10.6
Cerebrovascular Disease	144	8.0	314	8.3	458	8.2
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases	136	7.6	154	4.1	290	5.2
Alzheimer's Disease	48	2.7	154	4.1	202	3.6
Influenza and Pneumonia	52	2.9	127	3.4	179	3.2
Diabetes Mellitus	37	2.1	105	2.8	142	2.5
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	46	2.6	90	2.4	136	2.4
Septicemia	28	1.6	83	2.2	111	2.0
Atherosclerosis	21	1.2	88	2.3	109	2.0
Accidents	29	1.6	71	1.9	100	1.8
All Other Causes (Residual)	310	17.2	746	19.7	1,056	18.9
Leading Causes of Death	Eighty-Five Years and Over
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent