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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	287	100.0	304	100.0	591	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	98	34.1	122	40.1	220	37.2
Malignant Neoplasms	62	21.6	60	19.7	122	20.6
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	26	9.1	18	5.9	44	7.4
Cerebrovascular Disease	16	5.6	23	7.6	39	6.6
Pneumonia and Influenza	18	6.3	15	4.9	33	5.6
Diabetes Mellitus	7	2.4	14	4.6	21	3.6
Septicemia	3	1.0	4	1.3	7	1.2
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	2	0.7	4	1.3	6	1.0
Hernia and Intestinal Obstruction	3	1.0	2	0.7	5	0.8
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	2	0.7	3	1.0	5	0.8
Suicide	4	1.4	1	0.3	5	0.8
All Other Causes (Residual)	46	16.0	38	12.5	84	14.2
Leading Causes of Death	Seventy-Five to Eighty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent