1990^b West Virginia Selected Causes of Death

Selected Causes of Death	1985a Number of Deaths	1990b Number of Deaths	1985a Adjusted Ratec	1990b Adjusted Ratec	% Difference 1990b Ratec From 1985a Ratec	SI*
Diseases of the Heart	76,613	71,894	389.1	343.5	-11.7	*
Malignant Neoplasms	41,581	45,275	206.4	217.0	5.1	*
Lung Cancer	12,774	14,506	62.3	69.2	11.0	*
Cerebrovascular Disease (Stroke)	13,516	12,454	69.6	59.3	-14.8	*
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	8,376	9,772	41.4	46.2	11.6	*
Unintentional Injuries	9,049	8,602	48.5	47.2	-2.7
Intentional Injuries	3,568	3,678	19.6	20.7	6.0
Years of Potential Life Lost (YPLL)	936,055	851,416	5,939.8	5,872.2	-1.1	*

a. 1985 represents aggregated data from 1981-90;
b. 1990 represents aggregated data from 1986-95.
c. Rate per 100,000 adjusted by age and sex to the 1990 U.S. population
* An asterisk (*) indicates a statistically significant differences between 1985 and 1990.
** Numbers are too small for a valid comparison.

Health Statistics Center
Office of Epidemiology and Health Promotion
West Virginia Bureau for Public Health Comments

See Introduction for explanation of tables.

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Last updated 08/06/97.