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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	1,166	100.0	1,247	100.0	2,413	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	385	33.0	461	37.0	846	35.1
Malignant Neoplasms	264	22.6	260	20.9	524	21.7
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	129	11.1	68	5.5	197	8.2
Cerebrovascular Disease	60	5.1	97	7.8	157	6.5
Pneumonia and Influenza	49	4.2	53	4.3	102	4.2
Diabetes Mellitus	28	2.4	40	3.2	68	2.8
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	21	1.8	24	1.9	45	1.9
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	24	2.1	17	1.4	41	1.7
Septicemia	16	1.4	20	1.6	36	1.5
Coal Worker Pneumoconiosis	33	2.8	0	0.0	33	1.4
Hypertension	3	0.3	12	1.0	15	0.6
All Other Causes (Residual)	154	13.2	195	15.6	349	14.5
Leading Causes of Death	Seventy-Five to Eighty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent