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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	629	100.0	610	100.0	1,239	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	220	35.0	254	41.6	474	38.3
Malignant Neoplasms	133	21.1	106	17.4	239	19.3
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	65	10.3	22	3.6	87	7.0
Cerebrovascular Disease	25	4.0	47	7.7	72	5.8
Coal Worker Pneumoconiosis	47	7.5	0	0.0	47	3.8
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1.3	38	6.2	46	3.7
Pneumonia and Influenza	24	3.8	17	2.8	41	3.3
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	15	2.4	15	2.5	30	2.4
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	9	1.4	14	2.3	23	1.9
Septicemia	11	1.7	7	1.1	18	1.5
Hypertension	3	0.5	8	1.3	11	0.9
All Other Causes (Residual)	69	11.0	82	13.4	151	12.2
Leading Causes of Death	Seventy-Five to Eighty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent