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Table of Contents \| Summary \| Population \| Births \| Deaths \| Marriages \| Divorces \| County Data	Tables extracted from the 2003 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	1,755	100.0	3,811	100.0	5,566	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	594	33.8	1,444	37.9	2,038	36.6
Malignant Neoplasms	250	14.2	344	9.0	594	10.7
Cerebrovascular Disease	140	8.0	369	9.7	509	9.1
Alzheimer's Disease	65	3.7	228	6.0	293	5.3
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases	116	6.6	149	3.9	265	4.8
Influenza and Pneumonia	71	4.0	133	3.5	204	3.7
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	61	3.5	81	2.1	142	2.6
Diabetes Mellitus	38	2.2	100	2.6	138	2.5
Septicemia	31	1.8	54	1.4	85	1.5
Accidents	28	1.6	52	1.4	80	1.4
Hypertension	21	1.2	58	1.5	79	1.4
All Other Causes (Residual)	340	19.4	799	21.0	1,139	20.5
Leading Causes of Death	Eighty-Five Years and Over
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent