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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	910	100.0	993	100.0	1,903	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	332	36.5	398	40.1	730	38.4
Malignant Neoplasms	215	23.6	187	18.8	402	21.1
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	66	7.3	62	6.2	128	6.7
Cerebrovascular Disease	45	4.9	63	6.3	108	5.7
Pneumonia and Influenza	38	4.2	34	3.4	72	3.8
Diabetes Mellitus	17	1.9	39	3.9	56	2.9
Coal Worker Pneumoconiosis	56	6.2	0	0.0	56	2.9
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	21	2.3	21	2.1	42	2.2
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	13	1.4	15	1.5	28	1.5
Septicemia	8	0.9	14	1.4	22	1.2
Hypertension	4	0.4	6	0.6	10	0.5
All Other Causes (Residual)	95	10.4	154	15.5	249	13.1
Leading Causes of Death	Seventy-Five to Eighty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent