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Selected Causes of Resident Deaths by Month of Occurrence
West Virginia, 2000
Table 48

Selected Causes of Death Number of Deaths per Month Total
Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
Fetal Deaths 12 12 17 15 16 10 20 12 10 6 7 5 142
Total Deaths, All Causes 2,175 1,827 1,819 1,666 1,639 1,609 1,621 1,612 1,668 1,765 1,726 2,000 21,127
---Deaths under 1 Year 14 14 10 17 9 13 9 15 10 10 17 21 159
---Deaths under 28 Days 9 10 3 11 7 11 6 9 9 6 10 12 103
Tuberculosis 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 7
Septicemia 29 30 28 26 14 21 30 30 23 27 29 25 312
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 1 3 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 3 3 17
Malignant Neoplasms 409 349 440 341 404 369 426 380 363 420 390 449 4,740
---of Digestive Organs 76 65 90 73 82 67 102 75 77 89 86 87 969
------Colon 29 24 44 26 37 29 40 27 33 36 31 37 393
------Pancreas 22 16 17 20 13 16 20 18 19 19 16 19 215
---of Respiratory and Intrathoracic Organs 143 134 146 120 151 126 121 135 135 137 128 144 1,620
------Trachea, Bronchus, and Lung 138 131 140 116 147 124 116 132 131 131 126 139 1,571
---of Breast 32 18 32 15 21 26 37 18 21 42 25 32 319
---of Genitourinary Organs 67 50 48 46 57 62 57 56 44 64 68 68 687
------Cervix Uteri 4 1 3 2 4 3 5 7 2 1 3 3 38
------Ovary 10 7 7 6 12 12 10 8 8 15 15 17 127
------Prostate 26 17 13 20 20 22 13 21 17 24 27 24 244
------Bladder 7 8 8 3 9 11 9 8 8 11 8 10 100
---All Other (Malignant Neoplasms) 91 82 124 87 93 88 109 96 86 88 83 118 1,145
Benign Neoplasms, Carcinoma in Situ, and Unspecified Neoplasms 14 8 12 8 7 6 6 6 12 9 14 12 114
Diabetes Mellitus 81 60 59 67 54 60 45 68 55 70 68 68 755
Alzheimer's Disease 42 36 37 35 19 16 23 32 24 39 26 40 369
Major Cardiovascular Disease 902 785 692 685 645 648 619 609 699 680 644 770 8,378
---Diseases of the Heart 723 624 549 525 515 493 495 456 536 505 499 599 6,519
------Ischemic Heart Disease 507 442 380 351 365 352 360 332 377 351 361 394 4,572
---Essential Hypertension and Hypertensive Renal Disease 14 8 9 11 15 10 9 8 16 13 14 15 142
---Cerebrovascular Diseases 127 113 94 97 82 98 93 105 119 120 103 120 1,271
---Atherosclerosis 25 15 18 21 10 18 13 13 9 19 13 16 190
---Other Diseases of Arteries, Arterioles, and Capillaries 13 25 22 31 23 29 9 27 19 23 15 20 256
Influenza and Pneumonia 58 34 36 27 20 19 27 30 30 30 34 42 387
---Influenza 15 5 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 26
---Pneumonia 43 29 36 27 19 18 26 28 30 30 33 42 361
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 156 139 142 88 97 91 87 85 92 106 136 134 1,353
---Bronchitis, Emphysema, and Asthma 19 20 18 14 9 9 7 4 16 16 29 19 180
Lung Diseases due to External Agents 15 32 17 19 9 18 19 15 23 16 25 25 233
---Coalworker's Pneumoconiosis 9 19 12 8 2 6 4 5 10 10 9 12 106
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 33 12 27 16 23 23 20 18 15 22 24 21 254
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis 36 26 26 29 39 30 30 28 27 38 33 36 378
Congenital Anomalies 6 8 4 8 2 7 6 9 5 10 7 10 82
Ill-Defined and Unknown Causes of Death 10 13 13 13 9 5 5 11 13 13 8 22 135
Accidents 68 65 55 68 64 77 71 76 66 73 67 89 839
---Motor Vehicle Injuries 24 31 22 43 36 31 37 32 31 37 29 33 386
---Falls 17 14 8 11 10 10 8 15 13 11 10 18 145
---Smoke, Fires, and Flames 5 5 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 3 7 31
---Drownings 0 0 4 0 3 7 4 3 2 2 0 4 29
---Other Accidents 22 15 19 12 15 28 21 25 18 21 25 27 248
Intentional Self-Harm 18 19 19 16 25 23 21 25 16 20 23 21 246
Assault 6 8 2 6 9 5 9 8 10 6 9 2 80
All Other Causes (Residual) 291 200 208 214 196 190 175 182 192 185 186 229 2,448
Selected Causes of Death Number of Deaths per Month Total
Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec


Last updated April 12, 2002.

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