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Selected Causes of Resident Deaths by Month of Occurrence

West Virginia, 1996

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 7 12 11 10 16 2 12 11 10 11 17 11 130
Total Deaths, All Causes 1,859 1,708 1,858 1,722 1,706 1,546 1,557 1,485 1,492 1,678 1,725 1,978 20,314
---Deaths under 1 Year 13 19 13 19 10 15 9 12 9 10 11 10 150
---Deaths under 28 Days 9 12 8 10 8 12 8 8 6 6 8 5 100
Tuberculosis 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6
Septicemia 22 19 20 17 22 14 24 23 19 14 23 22 239
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 5 7 6 8 4 7 4 3 3 2 3 2 54
Malignant Neoplasms 395 383 429 356 396 382 381 384 372 414 389 401 4,682
---of Digestive Organs and Peritoneum 88 85 94 82 74 95 75 81 86 105 81 89 1,035
------Colon 36 39 41 33 35 50 33 24 35 44 33 37 440
------Pancreas 23 19 27 21 13 13 15 19 17 17 17 18 219
---of Respiratory and Intrathoracic Organs 127 126 127 104 143 128 128 131 127 126 121 156 1,544
------Trachea, Bronchus, and Lung 123 122 123 100 134 125 125 126 123 125 118 154 1,498
---of Female Breast 28 21 31 21 29 28 29 28 29 30 29 24 327
---of Genitourinary Organs 62 54 58 64 54 51 57 55 43 57 67 49 671
------Cervix Uteri 7 3 3 0 3 3 6 4 4 5 4 7 49
------Ovarian and Other Uterine 18 15 18 16 16 11 13 14 8 11 17 12 169
------Prostate 17 19 19 27 24 18 21 25 16 22 20 16 244
------Bladder 6 9 8 7 6 8 6 8 5 11 8 6 88
---All Other (Malignant Neoplasms) 90 97 119 85 96 80 92 89 87 96 91 83 1,105
Benign Neoplasms, Carcinoma in Situ, and Unspecified Neoplasms 6 5 4 6 9 3 3 7 7 6 3 8 67
Diabetes Mellitus 51 53 66 57 54 45 55 53 38 58 68 77 675
Major Cardiovascular Disease 836 744 813 731 738 658 661 602 614 720 761 881 8,759
---Diseases of the Heart 697 598 659 588 595 516 515 484 490 566 597 718 7,023
------Ischemic Heart Disease 438 386 427 364 371 329 324 316 309 356 368 462 4,450
---Hypertension 11 7 12 6 12 10 11 11 5 10 6 13 114
---Cerebrovascular Diseases 104 105 108 108 95 106 101 78 87 109 123 113 1,237
---Atherosclerosis 14 14 11 9 14 10 11 13 16 15 19 23 169
---Other Diseases of Arteries, Arterioles, and Capillaries 10 20 23 20 22 16 23 16 16 20 16 14 216
Pneumonia and Influenza 73 49 64 71 36 41 40 37 32 43 44 95 625
---Pneumonia 69 48 64 71 35 41 40 37 32 43 44 89 613
---Influenza 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 12
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions 97 83 99 122 106 79 67 86 91 81 83 123 1,117
Bronchitis, Emphysema, and Asthma 12 10 27 26 15 15 12 18 12 19 11 26 203
Pneumoconiosis and Other Lung Diseases Due to External Agent 16 19 24 17 17 13 13 13 15 11 19 11 188
---Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis 10 10 12 10 7 7 5 8 8 4 13 5 99
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 17 15 19 18 16 12 19 18 13 16 11 19 193
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis 23 23 10 10 20 13 24 14 21 27 26 16 227
Congenital Anomalies 9 8 9 8 9 10 6 4 7 5 7 6 88
Symptoms, Signs, and Ill-Defined Conditions 16 14 7 19 7 8 2 13 9 15 9 9 128
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms 52 54 61 54 67 60 60 63 54 55 64 56 700
---Motor Vehicle Injuries 21 20 27 20 34 34 26 32 23 26 36 25 324
---Falls 14 9 11 9 8 5 10 13 14 11 10 10 124
---Fires and Flames 3 3 7 6 4 1 1 1 2 1 2 4 35
---Drownings 0 1 0 2 1 9 7 3 2 5 2 0 32
---All Other (Unintentional Injuries) 14 21 16 17 20 11 16 14 13 12 14 17 185
Suicide 22 24 23 22 29 28 26 23 28 16 20 18 279
Homicide 8 13 10 3 8 6 5 7 4 5 6 9 84
All Other Causes (Residual) 208 195 193 203 168 167 167 135 165 190 189 223 2,203


West Virginia Bureau for Public Health
Health Statistics Center, 1998


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Last updated February 2, 1998.