Deaths Due to Malignant Neoplasms
West Virginia Residents, 1993 - 1997
| County of Residence |
Number of Deaths |
1993-97 Crude Rate |
1993-97 Adjusted Rate* |
1995
U.S. Crude Rate |
Percent Difference From U.S. |
County Rank** |
| Logan | 599 | 282.9 | 274.1 | 204.8 | 33.8 | 1 |
| Boone | 357 | 271.7 | 263.6 | 204.8 | 28.7 | 2 |
| Clay | 142 | 274.9 | 254.7 | 204.8 | 24.4 | 3 |
| McDowell | 471 | 290.6 | 254.0 | 204.8 | 24.0 | 4 |
| Mason | 364 | 283.6 | 243.5 | 204.8 | 18.9 | 5 |
| Kanawha | 3,081 | 299.5 | 240.4 | 204.8 | 17.4 | 6 |
| Berkeley | 779 | 233.9 | 240.1 | 204.8 | 17.2 | 7 |
| Wyoming | 317 | 225.1 | 239.5 | 204.8 | 17.0 | 8 |
| Braxton | 209 | 312.1 | 236.9 | 204.8 | 15.7 | 9 |
| Wirt | 73 | 263.6 | 236.2 | 204.8 | 15.3 | 10 |
| Tyler | 145 | 288.8 | 235.6 | 204.8 | 15.0 | 11 |
| Wayne | 563 | 264.9 | 234.7 | 204.8 | 14.6 | 12 |
| Mingo | 348 | 208.1 | 232.8 | 204.8 | 13.7 | 13 |
| Marshall | 503 | 275.0 | 226.7 | 204.8 | 10.7 | 14 |
| Taylor | 220 | 285.4 | 226.3 | 204.8 | 10.5 | 15 |
| Calhoun | 112 | 283.4 | 223.5 | 204.8 | 9.1 | 16 |
| Hampshire | 224 | 243.7 | 222.3 | 204.8 | 8.5 | 17 |
| Ohio | 790 | 317.0 | 220.4 | 204.8 | 7.6 | 18 |
| Cabell | 1,367 | 282.7 | 219.1 | 204.8 | 7.0 | 19 |
| Fayette | 701 | 286.5 | 218.8 | 204.8 | 6.8 | 20 |
| Morgan | 191 | 288.5 | 218.7 | 204.8 | 6.8 | 21 |
| Jefferson | 405 | 205.7 | 218.5 | 204.8 | 6.7 | 22 |
| Lincoln | 256 | 231.2 | 216.3 | 204.8 | 5.6 | 23 |
| Nicholas | 332 | 241.1 | 213.4 | 204.8 | 4.2 | 24 |
| Lewis | 250 | 283.7 | 213.0 | 204.8 | 4.0 | 25 |
| Raleigh | 1,009 | 257.3 | 212.9 | 204.8 | 4.0 | 26 |
| Wood | 1,124 | 255.3 | 211.1 | 204.8 | 3.1 | 27 |
| Harrison | 1,022 | 288.4 | 210.0 | 204.8 | 2.6 | 28 |
| Brooke | 360 | 268.9 | 209.9 | 204.8 | 2.5 | 29 |
| Putnam | 480 | 196.6 | 209.5 | 204.8 | 2.3 | 30 |
| Wetzel | 239 | 253.7 | 209.5 | 204.8 | 2.3 | 31 |
| Mercer | 874 | 270.1 | 209.3 | 204.8 | 2.2 | 32 |
| Mineral | 334 | 244.1 | 208.8 | 204.8 | 2.0 | 33 |
| Webster | 134 | 257.0 | 207.9 | 204.8 | 1.5 | 34 |
| Upshur | 292 | 246.6 | 207.2 | 204.8 | 1.2 | 35 |
| Barbour | 208 | 256.3 | 205.3 | 204.8 | 0.3 | 36 |
| Gilmer | 92 | 252.4 | 202.6 | 204.8 | -1.1 | 37 |
| Summers | 196 | 279.2 | 202.6 | 204.8 | -1.1 | 38 |
| Preston | 340 | 227.0 | 199.1 | 204.8 | -2.8 | 39 |
| Ritchie | 133 | 259.9 | 198.2 | 204.8 | -3.2 | 40 |
| Hancock | 440 | 253.4 | 198.2 | 204.8 | -3.2 | 41 |
| Greenbrier | 470 | 263.2 | 196.4 | 204.8 | -4.1 | 42 |
| Jackson | 304 | 224.1 | 194.8 | 204.8 | -4.9 | 43 |
| Roane | 187 | 243.4 | 194.8 | 204.8 | -4.9 | 44 |
| Doddridge | 88 | 240.1 | 192.5 | 204.8 | -6.0 | 45 |
| Marion | 781 | 270.3 | 191.5 | 204.8 | -6.5 | 46 |
| Pocahontas | 126 | 275.7 | 190.7 | 204.8 | -6.9 | 47 |
| Monroe | 163 | 250.7 | 187.7 | 204.8 | -8.4 | 48 |
| Tucker | 98 | 251.1 | 185.4 | 204.8 | -9.5 | 49 |
| Randolph | 321 | 222.9 | 182.2 | 204.8 | -11.0 | 50 |
| Hardy | 131 | 225.9 | 182.1 | 204.8 | -11.1 | 51 |
| Monongalia | 625 | 160.0 | 178.2 | 204.8 | -13.0 | 52 |
| Pleasants | 80 | 213.2 | 172.1 | 204.8 | -15.9 | 53 |
| Pendleton | 90 | 221.1 | 161.2 | 204.8 | -21.3 | 54 |
| Grant | 93 | 167.6 | 140.3 | 204.8 | -31.5 | 55 |
| West Virginia | 23,633 | 259.0 | 216.2 | 204.8 | 5.6 |
* Adjusted rates are adjusted by age to the 1990 U.S. population
distribution.
** Counties are ranked from worst to best based upon the age-adjusted rate.
*** Too few deaths for a valid comparison.
Health Statistics Center
Office of Epidemiology and Health Promotion
West Virginia Bureau for Public Health