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Selected Causes of Resident Deaths: Number and Rate* by City
City of Huntington, 2006
Table 47

Selected Causes of Death Number Rate
Fetal Deaths 5 7.7
Total Deaths, All Causes 681 13.9
---Deaths under 1 Year 5 7.7
---Deaths under 28 Days 1 1.5
Tuberculosis 0 0.0
Septicemia 8 16.3
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 0 0.0
Malignant Neoplasms 145 295.9
---of Digestive Organs 30 61.2
------Colon 13 26.5
------Pancreas 5 10.2
---of Respiratory and Intrathoracic Organs 55 112.2
------Trachea, Bronchus, and Lung 55 112.2
---of Breast 10 20.4
---of Genitourinary Organs 18 36.7
------Cervix Uteri 2 4.1
------Ovary 3 6.1
------Prostate 5 10.2
------Bladder 2 4.1
---All Other (Malignant Neoplasms) 32 65.3
Benign Neoplasms, Carcinoma in Situ, and Unspecified Neoplasms 6 12.2
Diabetes Mellitus 21 42.9
Dementia 16 32.6
Alzheimer's Disease 31 63.3
Major Cardiovascular Disease 231 471.4
---Diseases of the Heart 173 353.0
------Ischemic Heart Disease 114 232.6
---Essential Hypertension and Hypertensive Renal Disease 6 12.2
---Cerebrovascular Diseases 47 95.9
---Atherosclerosis 0 0.0
---Other Diseases of Arteries, Arterioles, and Capillaries 5 10.2
Influenza and Pneumonia 15 30.6
---Influenza 1 2.0
---Pneumonia 14 28.6
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 43 87.7
Lung Diseases due to External Agents 3 6.1
---Coalworker's Pneumoconiosis 0 0.0
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 14 28.6
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis 23 46.9
Congenital Anomalies 3 6.1
Ill-Defined and Unknown Causes of Death 9 18.4
Accidents 34 69.4
---Motor Vehicle Injuries 3 6.1
---Falls 8 16.3
---Smoke, Fires, and Flames 3 6.1
---Drownings 0 0.0
---Poisonings 17 34.7
---Other Accidents 3 6.1
Intentional Self-Harm 2 4.1
Assault 1 2.0
All Other Causes (Residual) 76 155.1
Selected Causes of Death Number Rate

This Table extracted from the West Virginia Vital Statistics 2006 Annual Report

Last updated April 30, 2008.

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