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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	349	100.0	346	100.0	695	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	109	31.2	126	36.4	235	33.8
Malignant Neoplasms	86	24.6	76	22.0	162	23.3
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	33	9.5	15	4.3	48	6.9
Cerebrovascular Disease	22	6.3	20	5.8	42	6.0
Pneumonia and Influenza	11	3.2	9	2.6	20	2.9
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1.7	10	2.9	16	2.3
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	7	2.0	3	0.9	10	1.4
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	5	1.4	5	1.4	10	1.4
Coal Worker Pneumoconiosis	9	2.6	0	0.0	9	1.3
Septicemia	4	1.1	4	1.2	8	1.2
Hypertension	1	0.3	5	1.4	6	0.9
All Other Causes (Residual)	56	16.0	73	21.1	129	18.6
Leading Causes of Death	Seventy-Five to Eighty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent