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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	3,399	100.0	3,793	100.0	7,192	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	1,117	32.9	1,370	36.1	2,487	34.6
Malignant Neoplasms	891	26.2	828	21.8	1,719	23.9
Cerebrovascular Disease	193	5.7	302	8.0	495	6.9
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	233	6.9	185	4.9	418	5.8
Pneumonia and Influenza	129	3.8	120	3.2	249	3.5
Diabetes Mellitus	81	2.4	149	3.9	230	3.2
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	73	2.1	67	1.8	140	1.9
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	61	1.8	47	1.2	108	1.5
Septicemia	37	1.1	41	1.1	78	1.1
Hypertension	28	0.8	40	1.1	68	0.9
Atherosclerosis	21	0.6	30	0.8	51	0.7
All Other Causes (Residual)	535	15.7	614	16.2	1,149	16.0
Leading Causes of Death	Seventy-Five to Eighty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent