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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	219	100.0	189	100.0	408	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	100	45.7	76	40.2	176	43.1
Malignant Neoplasms	36	16.4	38	20.1	74	18.1
Cerebrovascular Disease	12	5.5	16	8.5	28	6.9
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	19	8.7	4	2.1	23	5.6
Pneumonia and Influenza	8	3.7	8	4.2	16	3.9
Diabetes Mellitus	2	0.9	8	4.2	10	2.5
Atherosclerosis	4	1.8	3	1.6	7	1.7
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	2	0.9	5	2.6	7	1.7
Septicemia	2	0.9	1	0.5	3	0.7
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	1	0.5	2	1.1	3	0.7
All Other Causes (Residual)	33	15.1	28	14.8	61	15.0
Leading Causes of Death	Seventy-Five to Eighty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent