Deaths Due to Cerebrovascular Disease (Stroke)
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** |
| Wetzel | 91 | 96.6 | 76.6 | 60.1 | 27.4 | 1 |
| Clay | 43 | 83.3 | 73.0 | 60.1 | 21.5 | 2 |
| Wirt | 23 | 83.1 | 72.7 | 60.1 | 21.0 | 3 |
| Jackson | 116 | 85.5 | 72.4 | 60.1 | 20.5 | 4 |
| Wayne | 165 | 77.6 | 69.6 | 60.1 | 15.7 | 5 |
| Mason | 103 | 80.2 | 68.9 | 60.1 | 14.7 | 6 |
| Ohio | 263 | 105.5 | 67.3 | 60.1 | 12.0 | 7 |
| Roane | 70 | 91.1 | 67.2 | 60.1 | 11.8 | 8 |
| Cabell | 448 | 92.6 | 66.2 | 60.1 | 10.1 | 9 |
| Taylor | 74 | 96.0 | 65.4 | 60.1 | 8.8 | 10 |
| Lincoln | 73 | 65.9 | 64.1 | 60.1 | 6.6 | 11 |
| Berkeley | 191 | 57.3 | 63.9 | 60.1 | 6.3 | 12 |
| Gilmer | 35 | 96.0 | 63.7 | 60.1 | 5.9 | 13 |
| Webster | 44 | 84.4 | 63.2 | 60.1 | 5.1 | 14 |
| Jefferson | 106 | 53.8 | 61.8 | 60.1 | 2.8 | 15 |
| Ritchie | 49 | 95.8 | 59.1 | 60.1 | -1.6 | 16 |
| Calhoun | 32 | 81.0 | 58.3 | 60.1 | -3.0 | 17 |
| Harrison | 303 | 85.5 | 58.0 | 60.1 | -3.4 | 18 |
| Marshall | 129 | 70.5 | 58.0 | 60.1 | -3.4 | 19 |
| Mercer | 250 | 77.3 | 57.6 | 60.1 | -4.1 | 20 |
| Tyler | 38 | 75.7 | 57.5 | 60.1 | -4.3 | 21 |
| Monongalia | 205 | 52.5 | 56.7 | 60.1 | -5.7 | 22 |
| Pocahontas | 40 | 87.5 | 55.9 | 60.1 | -6.9 | 23 |
| Raleigh | 268 | 68.4 | 55.7 | 60.1 | -7.4 | 24 |
| Hampshire | 53 | 57.7 | 55.1 | 60.1 | -8.4 | 25 |
| Wood | 309 | 70.2 | 54.9 | 60.1 | -8.7 | 26 |
| Lewis | 70 | 79.4 | 54.8 | 60.1 | -8.8 | 27 |
| Greenbrier | 150 | 84.0 | 54.5 | 60.1 | -9.3 | 28 |
| Kanawha | 708 | 68.8 | 54.5 | 60.1 | -9.4 | 29 |
| Hancock | 114 | 65.7 | 53.8 | 60.1 | -10.5 | 30 |
| Pleasants | 26 | 69.3 | 53.6 | 60.1 | -10.7 | 31 |
| Doddridge | 25 | 68.2 | 53.2 | 60.1 | -11.6 | 32 |
| Brooke | 90 | 67.2 | 52.6 | 60.1 | -12.5 | 33 |
| Putnam | 112 | 45.9 | 52.3 | 60.1 | -13.0 | 34 |
| McDowell | 95 | 58.6 | 52.2 | 60.1 | -13.1 | 35 |
| Tucker | 29 | 74.3 | 52.1 | 60.1 | -13.3 | 36 |
| Nicholas | 80 | 58.1 | 51.1 | 60.1 | -14.9 | 37 |
| Boone | 65 | 49.5 | 50.4 | 60.1 | -16.2 | 38 |
| Braxton | 48 | 71.7 | 48.5 | 60.1 | -19.4 | 39 |
| Marion | 205 | 70.9 | 46.8 | 60.1 | -22.1 | 40 |
| Randolph | 89 | 61.8 | 46.7 | 60.1 | -22.3 | 41 |
| Monroe | 41 | 63.1 | 46.3 | 60.1 | -22.9 | 42 |
| Mineral | 73 | 53.3 | 46.3 | 60.1 | -23.0 | 43 |
| Barbour | 52 | 64.1 | 45.7 | 60.1 | -24.0 | 44 |
| Pendleton | 29 | 71.3 | 45.7 | 60.1 | -24.0 | 45 |
| Morgan | 40 | 60.4 | 45.0 | 60.1 | -25.2 | 46 |
| Preston | 84 | 56.1 | 45.0 | 60.1 | -25.2 | 47 |
| Mingo | 64 | 38.3 | 44.6 | 60.1 | -25.8 | 48 |
| Upshur | 68 | 57.4 | 44.4 | 60.1 | -26.2 | 49 |
| Wyoming | 52 | 36.9 | 43.3 | 60.1 | -27.9 | 50 |
| Grant | 31 | 55.9 | 43.2 | 60.1 | -28.1 | 51 |
| Fayette | 142 | 58.0 | 42.0 | 60.1 | -30.2 | 52 |
| Hardy | 30 | 51.7 | 41.4 | 60.1 | -31.1 | 53 |
| Logan | 85 | 40.1 | 39.9 | 60.1 | -33.6 | 54 |
| Summers | 37 | 52.7 | 35.0 | 60.1 | -41.8 | 55 |
| West Virginia | 6,255 | 68.5 | 55.6 | 60.1 | -7.6 |
* 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