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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	238	100.0	219	100.0	457	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	92	38.7	72	32.9	164	35.9
Malignant Neoplasms	60	25.2	47	21.5	107	23.4
Cerebrovascular Disease	13	5.5	20	9.1	33	7.2
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	18	7.6	11	5.0	29	6.3
Diabetes Mellitus	8	3.4	11	5.0	19	4.2
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	6	2.5	8	3.7	14	3.1
Pneumonia and Influenza	7	2.9	3	1.4	10	2.2
Suicide	7	2.9	1	0.5	8	1.8
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	4	1.7	3	1.4	7	1.5
Nutritional Deficiencies	0	0.0	3	1.4	3	0.7
Atherosclerosis	1	0.4	2	0.9	3	0.7
All Other Causes (Residual)	22	9.2	38	17.4	60	13.1
Leading Causes of Death	Seventy-Five to Eighty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent