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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	416	100.0	425	100.0	841	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	135	32.5	176	41.4	311	37.0
Malignant Neoplasms	93	22.4	87	20.5	180	21.4
Cerebrovascular Disease	33	7.9	34	8.0	67	8.0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	40	9.6	19	4.5	59	7.0
Pneumonia and Influenza	17	4.1	32	7.5	49	5.8
Diabetes Mellitus	11	2.6	21	4.9	32	3.8
Septicemia	6	1.4	7	1.6	13	1.5
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	8	1.9	5	1.2	13	1.5
Hypertension	3	0.7	2	0.5	5	0.6
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	2	0.5	2	0.5	4	0.5
Suicide	4	1.0	0	0.0	4	0.5
All Other Causes (Residual)	64	15.4	40	9.4	104	12.4
Leading Causes of Death	Seventy-Five to Eighty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent