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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	Fifty-Five to Sixty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total Deaths, All Causes	1,324	100.0	900	100.0	2,224	100.0
Malignant Neoplasms	409	30.9	358	39.8	767	34.5
Diseases of the Heart	423	31.9	191	21.2	614	27.6
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases	61	4.6	72	8.0	133	6.0
Diabetes Mellitus	64	4.8	46	5.1	110	4.9
Cerebrovascular Disease	33	2.5	39	4.3	72	3.2
Accidents	52	3.9	17	1.9	69	3.1
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	45	3.4	16	1.8	61	2.7
Septicemia	20	1.5	13	1.4	33	1.5
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	19	1.4	11	1.2	30	1.3
Intentional Self-Harm	20	1.5	3	0.3	23	1.0
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	0.6	9	1.0	17	0.8
All Other Causes (Residual)	170	12.8	125	13.9	295	13.3
Leading Causes of Death	Fifty-Five to Sixty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent