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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	1,643	100.0	1,923	100.0	3,566	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	597	36.3	733	38.1	1,330	37.3
Malignant Neoplasms	373	22.7	365	19.0	738	20.7
Cerebrovascular Disease	126	7.7	202	10.5	328	9.2
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	112	6.8	96	5.0	208	5.8
Pneumonia and Influenza	82	5.0	57	3.0	139	3.9
Diabetes Mellitus	30	1.8	70	3.6	100	2.8
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	30	1.8	38	2.0	68	1.9
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	16	1.0	17	0.9	33	0.9
Septicemia	14	0.9	14	0.7	28	0.8
Hypertension	13	0.8	14	0.7	27	0.8
Atherosclerosis	9	0.5	12	0.6	21	0.6
All Other Causes (Residual)	241	14.7	305	15.9	546	15.3
Leading Causes of Death	Seventy-Five to Eighty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent