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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	263	100.0	255	100.0	518	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	102	38.8	103	40.4	205	39.6
Malignant Neoplasms	65	24.7	47	18.4	112	21.6
Cerebrovascular Disease	15	5.7	29	11.4	44	8.5
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	16	6.1	13	5.1	29	5.6
Pneumonia and Influenza	13	4.9	15	5.9	28	5.4
Diabetes Mellitus	2	0.8	9	3.5	11	2.1
Septicemia	7	2.7	1	0.4	8	1.5
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	2	0.8	6	2.4	8	1.5
Atherosclerosis	5	1.9	2	0.8	7	1.4
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	4	1.5	2	0.8	6	1.2
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	0	0.0	3	1.2	3	0.6
All Other Causes (Residual)	32	12.2	25	9.8	57	11.0
Leading Causes of Death	Seventy-Five to Eighty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent