2005 Hospice Need Methodology
County                    (A)	2004 All Deaths*      (B)	All Deaths (x) 25% (C)	Unduplicated Patient Census** (D)	Unmet Need          (C-D)
Barbour	190	48	159	-112
Berkeley	767	192	212	-20
Boone	289	72	109	-37
Braxton	150	38	30	8
Brooke	332	83	127	-44
Cabell	1,165	291	535	-244
Calhoun	91	23	19	4
Clay	113	28	29	-1
Doddridge	89	22	15	7
Fayette	602	151	146	5
Gilmer	78	20	0	20
Grant	118	30	12	18
Greenbrier	452	113	136	-23
Hampshire	216	54	87	-33
Hancock	424	106	126	-20
Hardy	141	35	18	17
Harrison	844	211	239	-28
Jackson	259	65	68	-3
Jefferson	388	97	140	-43
Kanawha	2,463	616	873	-257
Lewis	209	52	47	5
Lincoln	276	69	106	-37
Logan	475	119	144	-25
McDowell	397	99	55	44
Marion	694	174	302	-129
Marshall	396	99	82	17
Mason	289	72	73	-1
Mercer	816	204	172	32
Mineral	304	76	47	29
Mingo	337	84	73	11
Monongalia	613	153	370	-217
Monroe	162	41	56	-16
Morgan	174	44	58	-15
Nicholas	285	71	86	-15
Ohio	602	151	157	-7
Pendleton	99	25	47	-22
Pleasants	85	21	12	9
Pocahontas	139	35	35	0
Preston	317	79	193	-114
Putnam	464	116	177	-61
Raleigh	882	221	212	9
Randolph	353	88	243	-155
Ritchie	126	32	18	14
Roane	180	45	33	12
Summers	165	41	44	-3
Taylor	195	49	107	-58
Tucker	85	21	59	-38
Tyler	104	26	25	1
Upshur	267	67	70	-3
Wayne	446	112	166	-55
Webster	119	30	22	8
Wetzel	234	59	52	7
Wirt	58	15	11	4
Wood	931	233	161	72
Wyoming	327	82	48	34
TOTALS	20,776	5,194	6,643	-1,449
*West Virginia Vital Statistics
**2005 Health Care Authority