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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	423	100.0	427	100.0	850	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	177	41.8	191	44.7	368	43.3
Malignant Neoplasms	96	22.7	79	18.5	175	20.6
Cerebrovascular Disease	33	7.8	42	9.8	75	8.8
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	24	5.7	15	3.5	39	4.6
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	12	2.8	7	1.6	19	2.2
Diabetes Mellitus	3	0.7	15	3.5	18	2.1
Pneumonia and Influenza	11	2.6	6	1.4	17	2.0
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	6	1.4	5	1.2	11	1.3
Septicemia	4	0.9	3	0.7	7	0.8
Suicide	5	1.2	0	0.0	5	0.6
Atherosclerosis	1	0.2	3	0.7	4	0.5
All Other Causes (Residual)	51	12.1	61	14.3	112	13.2
Leading Causes of Death	Seventy-Five to Eighty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent