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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	618	100.0	601	100.0	1,219	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	266	43.0	261	43.4	527	43.2
Malignant Neoplasms	131	21.2	122	20.3	253	20.8
Cerebrovascular Disease	37	6.0	57	9.5	94	7.7
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	45	7.3	28	4.7	73	6.0
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1.9	28	4.7	40	3.3
Pneumonia and Influenza	16	2.6	12	2.0	28	2.3
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	13	2.1	7	1.2	20	1.6
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	11	1.8	5	0.8	16	1.3
Septicemia	5	0.8	6	1.0	11	0.9
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	3	0.5	6	1.0	9	0.7
Atherosclerosis	4	0.6	2	0.3	6	0.5
All Other Causes (Residual)	75	12.1	67	11.1	142	11.6
Leading Causes of Death	Seventy-Five to Eighty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent