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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	693	100.0	745	100.0	1,438	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	247	35.6	245	32.9	492	34.2
Malignant Neoplasms	151	21.8	149	20.0	300	20.9
Cerebrovascular Disease	44	6.3	78	10.5	122	8.5
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	43	6.2	46	6.2	89	6.2
Pneumonia and Influenza	27	3.9	20	2.7	47	3.3
Diabetes Mellitus	16	2.3	27	3.6	43	3.0
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	11	1.6	14	1.9	25	1.7
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	10	1.4	13	1.7	23	1.6
Septicemia	8	1.2	9	1.2	17	1.2
Atherosclerosis	4	0.6	12	1.6	16	1.1
Coal Worker Pneumoconiosis	14	2.0	0	0.0	14	1.0
All Other Causes (Residual)	118	17.0	132	17.7	250	17.4
Leading Causes of Death	Seventy-Five to Eighty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent