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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	622	100.0	637	100.0	1,259	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	227	36.5	256	40.2	483	38.4
Malignant Neoplasms	158	25.4	138	21.7	296	23.5
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	54	8.7	46	7.2	100	7.9
Cerebrovascular Disease	22	3.5	27	4.2	49	3.9
Diabetes Mellitus	16	2.6	28	4.4	44	3.5
Pneumonia and Influenza	14	2.3	20	3.1	34	2.7
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	11	1.8	17	2.7	28	2.2
Coal Worker Pneumoconiosis	27	4.3	0	0.0	27	2.1
Septicemia	4	0.6	14	2.2	18	1.4
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	10	1.6	7	1.1	17	1.4
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	3	0.5	5	0.8	8	0.6
All Other Causes (Residual)	76	12.2	79	12.4	155	12.3
Leading Causes of Death	Seventy-Five to Eighty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent