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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	318	100.0	306	100.0	624	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	147	46.2	117	38.2	264	42.3
Malignant Neoplasms	66	20.8	71	23.2	137	22.0
Cerebrovascular Disease	17	5.3	30	9.8	47	7.5
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	16	5.0	21	6.9	37	5.9
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1.9	15	4.9	21	3.4
Pneumonia and Influenza	10	3.1	9	2.9	19	3.0
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	6	1.9	3	1.0	9	1.4
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	3	0.9	2	0.7	5	0.8
Septicemia	3	0.9	0	0.0	3	0.5
Coal Worker Pneumoconiosis	3	0.9	0	0.0	3	0.5
Suicide	2	0.6	1	0.3	3	0.5
All Other Causes (Residual)	39	12.3	37	12.1	76	12.2
Leading Causes of Death	Seventy-Five to Eighty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent