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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	447	100.0	439	100.0	886	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	171	38.3	188	42.8	359	40.5
Malignant Neoplasms	112	25.1	78	17.8	190	21.4
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	33	7.4	24	5.5	57	6.4
Cerebrovascular Disease	22	4.9	31	7.1	53	6.0
Pneumonia and Influenza	15	3.4	19	4.3	34	3.8
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1.8	12	2.7	20	2.3
Atherosclerosis	7	1.6	11	2.5	18	2.0
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	1	0.2	9	2.1	10	1.1
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	5	1.1	3	0.7	8	0.9
Septicemia	2	0.4	5	1.1	7	0.8
Hypertension	6	1.3	0	0.0	6	0.7
All Other Causes (Residual)	65	14.5	59	13.4	124	14.0
Leading Causes of Death	Seventy-Five to Eighty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent