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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	480	100.0	407	100.0	887	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	169	35.2	165	40.5	334	37.7
Malignant Neoplasms	122	25.4	63	15.5	185	20.9
Cerebrovascular Disease	18	3.7	38	9.3	56	6.3
Pneumonia and Influenza	28	5.8	18	4.4	46	5.2
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	27	5.6	19	4.7	46	5.2
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	14	2.9	9	2.2	23	2.6
Diabetes Mellitus	10	2.1	10	2.5	20	2.3
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	16	3.3	4	1.0	20	2.3
Septicemia	7	1.5	9	2.2	16	1.8
Atherosclerosis	6	1.3	5	1.2	11	1.2
Suicide	4	0.8	1	0.2	5	0.6
All Other Causes (Residual)	59	12.3	66	16.2	125	14.1
Leading Causes of Death	Seventy-Five to Eighty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent