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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	446	100.0	435	100.0	881	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	188	42.2	191	43.9	379	43.0
Malignant Neoplasms	102	22.9	72	16.6	174	19.8
Cerebrovascular Disease	27	6.1	57	13.1	84	9.5
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	24	5.4	14	3.2	38	4.3
Pneumonia and Influenza	24	5.4	8	1.8	32	3.6
Diabetes Mellitus	10	2.2	16	3.7	26	3.0
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	6	1.3	5	1.1	11	1.2
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	7	1.6	4	0.9	11	1.2
Hypertension	1	0.2	6	1.4	7	0.8
Atherosclerosis	3	0.7	1	0.2	4	0.5
Hernia and Intestinal Obstruction	0	0.0	4	0.9	4	0.5
All Other Causes (Residual)	54	12.1	57	13.1	111	12.6
Leading Causes of Death	Seventy-Five to Eighty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent