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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	1,391	100.0	1,474	100.0	2,865	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	505	36.3	525	35.6	1,030	36.0
Malignant Neoplasms	326	23.4	312	21.2	638	22.3
Cerebrovascular Disease	88	6.3	124	8.4	212	7.4
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	96	6.9	74	5.0	170	5.9
Diabetes Mellitus	57	4.1	77	5.2	134	4.7
Pneumonia and Influenza	46	3.3	34	2.3	80	2.8
Atherosclerosis	23	1.7	27	1.8	50	1.7
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	27	1.9	17	1.2	44	1.5
Septicemia	20	1.4	17	1.2	37	1.3
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	18	1.3	14	0.9	32	1.1
Hypertension	9	0.6	15	1.0	24	0.8
All Other Causes (Residual)	176	12.7	238	16.1	414	14.5
Leading Causes of Death	Seventy-Five to Eighty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent