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Leading Causes of Death	Seventy-Five to Eighty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total Deaths, All Causes	29,391	100.0	30,774	100.0	60,165	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	10,602	36.1	11,777	38.3	22,379	37.2
Malignant Neoplasms	6,891	23.4	6,114	19.9	13,005	21.6
Cerebrovascular Disease	1,791	6.1	2,654	8.6	4,445	7.4
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	2,191	7.5	1,619	5.3	3,810	6.3
Pneumonia and Influenza	1,209	4.1	1,073	3.5	2,282	3.8
Diabetes Mellitus	650	2.2	1,240	4.0	1,890	3.1
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	589	2.0	526	1.7	1,115	1.9
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	410	1.4	417	1.4	827	1.4
Septicemia	297	1.0	367	1.2	664	1.1
Atherosclerosis	221	0.8	294	1.0	515	0.9
Coal Worker Pneumoconiosis	465	1.6	0	0.0	465	0.8
All Other Causes (Residual)	4,075	13.9	4,693	15.2	8,768	14.6
Leading Causes of Death	Seventy-Five to Eighty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent