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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	Forty-Five to Fifty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total Deaths, All Causes	834	100.0	460	100.0	1,294	100.0
Malignant Neoplasms	213	25.5	183	39.8	396	30.6
Diseases of the Heart	246	29.5	86	18.7	332	25.7
Accidents	73	8.8	28	6.1	101	7.8
Intentional Self-Harm	42	5.0	11	2.4	53	4.1
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	44	5.3	8	1.7	52	4.0
Diabetes Mellitus	29	3.5	16	3.5	45	3.5
Cerebrovascular Disease	20	2.4	24	5.2	44	3.4
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases	18	2.2	18	3.9	36	2.8
Assault	12	1.4	6	1.3	18	1.4
Septicemia	8	1.0	4	0.9	12	0.9
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	7	0.8	3	0.7	10	0.8
All Other Causes (Residual)	122	14.6	73	15.9	195	15.1
Leading Causes of Death	Forty-Five to Fifty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent