Drugs take deadly toll in West Virginia

The #1 cause of deaths in West Virginia is poisoning. Mainly opioid overdoses. The Mountain State has the highest drug-overdose death rate in America.

#2 is suicide. Drugs often are connected to the suicides.

#3 is road traffic accidents.

#4 is coronary heart diseases.

#5 is hypertension.

#6 is endocrine disorders.

#7 is homicide.

#8 is diabetes mellitus.

#9 is liver disease.

#10 is stroke.

#11 is breast cancer.

#12 is colon-rectum cancers.

#13 is drug use, which plays a major role in #1 and #2.

#14 is lung disease (in a state with coal mines)

 Nationally:

#1 cause of death in America is heart disease.

#2 is cancer, but this includes lung and bronchus, prostate, colon and rectum and breast cancer (#11 in West Virginia).

#3 is chronic lower respiratory disease.