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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	826	100.0	945	100.0	1,771	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	262	31.7	329	34.8	591	33.4
Malignant Neoplasms	213	25.8	195	20.6	408	23.0
Cerebrovascular Disease	59	7.1	82	8.7	141	8.0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	68	8.2	47	5.0	115	6.5
Atherosclerosis	29	3.5	24	2.5	53	3.0
Pneumonia and Influenza	19	2.3	30	3.2	49	2.8
Diabetes Mellitus	20	2.4	25	2.6	45	2.5
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	13	1.6	20	2.1	33	1.9
Septicemia	13	1.6	19	2.0	32	1.8
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	16	1.9	8	0.8	24	1.4
Suicide	9	1.1	2	0.2	11	0.6
All Other Causes (Residual)	105	12.7	164	17.4	269	15.2
Leading Causes of Death	Seventy-Five to Eighty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent