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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	454	100.0	482	100.0	936	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	169	37.2	183	38.0	352	37.6
Malignant Neoplasms	103	22.7	94	19.5	197	21.0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	34	7.5	39	8.1	73	7.8
Cerebrovascular Disease	33	7.3	39	8.1	72	7.7
Pneumonia and Influenza	22	4.8	19	3.9	41	4.4
Diabetes Mellitus	9	2.0	21	4.4	30	3.2
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	8	1.8	9	1.9	17	1.8
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	6	1.3	10	2.1	16	1.7
Septicemia	4	0.9	6	1.2	10	1.1
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	4	0.9	0	0.0	4	0.4
Ulcer of Stomcah and Duodenum	2	0.4	1	0.2	3	0.3
All Other Causes (Residual)	60	13.2	61	12.7	121	12.9
Leading Causes of Death	Seventy-Five to Eighty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent