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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	430	100.0	438	100.0	868	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	180	41.9	182	41.6	362	41.7
Malignant Neoplasms	82	19.1	76	17.4	158	18.2
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	35	8.1	39	8.9	74	8.5
Cerebrovascular Disease	16	3.7	29	6.6	45	5.2
Pneumonia and Influenza	18	4.2	18	4.1	36	4.1
Diabetes Mellitus	9	2.1	16	3.7	25	2.9
Coal Worker Pneumoconiosis	21	4.9	0	0.0	21	2.4
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	7	1.6	10	2.3	17	2.0
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	10	2.3	5	1.1	15	1.7
Septicemia	5	1.2	6	1.4	11	1.3
Hypertension	1	0.2	5	1.1	6	0.7
All Other Causes (Residual)	46	10.7	52	11.9	98	11.3
Leading Causes of Death	Seventy-Five to Eighty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent