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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	777	100.0	799	100.0	1,576	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	281	36.2	316	39.5	597	37.9
Malignant Neoplasms	204	26.3	166	20.8	370	23.5
Cerebrovascular Disease	43	5.5	100	12.5	143	9.1
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	51	6.6	29	3.6	80	5.1
Pneumonia and Influenza	46	5.9	21	2.6	67	4.3
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1.5	28	3.5	40	2.5
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	12	1.5	17	2.1	29	1.8
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	14	1.8	9	1.1	23	1.5
Septicemia	4	0.5	8	1.0	12	0.8
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	4	0.5	6	0.8	10	0.6
Atherosclerosis	3	0.4	4	0.5	7	0.4
All Other Causes (Residual)	103	13.3	95	11.9	198	12.6
Leading Causes of Death	Seventy-Five to Eighty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent