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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	526	100.0	452	100.0	978	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	178	33.8	151	33.4	329	33.6
Malignant Neoplasms	100	19.0	92	20.4	192	19.6
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	55	10.5	31	6.9	86	8.8
Cerebrovascular Disease	38	7.2	42	9.3	80	8.2
Pneumonia and Influenza	23	4.4	14	3.1	37	3.8
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1.7	24	5.3	33	3.4
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	16	3.0	14	3.1	30	3.1
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	14	2.7	6	1.3	20	2.0
Septicemia	10	1.9	4	0.9	14	1.4
Coal Worker Pneumoconiosis	6	1.1	0	0.0	6	0.6
Hypertension	1	0.2	3	0.7	4	0.4
All Other Causes (Residual)	76	14.4	71	15.7	147	15.0
Leading Causes of Death	Seventy-Five to Eighty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent