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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	1,029	100.0	1,236	100.0	2,265	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	394	38.3	461	37.3	855	37.7
Malignant Neoplasms	227	22.1	249	20.1	476	21.0
Cerebrovascular Disease	52	5.1	100	8.1	152	6.7
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	67	6.5	80	6.5	147	6.5
Pneumonia and Influenza	41	4.0	37	3.0	78	3.4
Diabetes Mellitus	26	2.5	47	3.8	73	3.2
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	26	2.5	21	1.7	47	2.1
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	12	1.2	22	1.8	34	1.5
Septicemia	8	0.8	11	0.9	19	0.8
Coal Worker Pneumoconiosis	19	1.8	0	0.0	19	0.8
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	8	0.8	9	0.7	17	0.8
All Other Causes (Residual)	149	14.5	199	16.1	348	15.4
Leading Causes of Death	Seventy-Five to Eighty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent