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| Table of Contents | Summary | Population | Births | Deaths | Marriages | Divorces | County Data | Tables extracted from the 1999 West Virginia Vital Statistics Annual Report | |
| Leading Causes of Death | Seventy-Five to Eighty-Four Years | |||||
| Male | Female | Total | ||||
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| Total Deaths, All Causes | 3,126 | 100.0 | 3,301 | 100.0 | 6,427 | 100.0 |
| Diseases of the Heart | 1,102 | 35.3 | 1,151 | 34.9 | 2,253 | 35.1 |
| Malignant Neoplasms | 726 | 23.2 | 640 | 19.4 | 1,366 | 21.3 |
| Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases | 260 | 8.3 | 205 | 6.2 | 465 | 7.2 |
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 169 | 5.4 | 287 | 8.7 | 456 | 7.1 |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 102 | 3.3 | 127 | 3.8 | 229 | 3.6 |
| Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis | 54 | 1.7 | 72 | 2.2 | 126 | 2.0 |
| Accidents | 57 | 1.8 | 58 | 1.8 | 115 | 1.8 |
| Septicemia | 49 | 1.6 | 64 | 1.9 | 113 | 1.8 |
| Pneumonia and Influenza | 55 | 1.8 | 38 | 1.2 | 93 | 1.4 |
| Atherosclerosis | 19 | 0.6 | 31 | 0.9 | 50 | 0.8 |
| Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis | 19 | 0.6 | 24 | 0.7 | 43 | 0.7 |
| All Other Causes (Residual) | 514 | 16.4 | 604 | 18.3 | 1,118 | 17.4 |
| Leading Causes of Death | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent |
| Male | Female | Total | ||||
| Seventy-Five to Eighty-Four Years | ||||||
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