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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	601	100.0	659	100.0	1,260	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	244	40.6	249	37.8	493	39.1
Malignant Neoplasms	123	20.5	148	22.5	271	21.5
Cerebrovascular Disease	39	6.5	55	8.3	94	7.5
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	48	8.0	34	5.2	82	6.5
Pneumonia and Influenza	25	4.2	25	3.8	50	4.0
Diabetes Mellitus	16	2.7	33	5.0	49	3.9
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	12	2.0	16	2.4	28	2.2
Hypertension	6	1.0	5	0.8	11	0.9
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	3	0.5	8	1.2	11	0.9
Septicemia	4	0.7	5	0.8	9	0.7
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	5	0.8	0	0.0	5	0.4
All Other Causes (Residual)	76	12.6	81	12.3	157	12.5
Leading Causes of Death	Seventy-Five to Eighty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent