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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	373	100.0	383	100.0	756	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	132	35.4	151	39.4	283	37.4
Malignant Neoplasms	93	24.9	76	19.8	169	22.4
Cerebrovascular Disease	17	4.6	33	8.6	50	6.6
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	26	7.0	15	3.9	41	5.4
Pneumonia and Influenza	13	3.5	7	1.8	20	2.6
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	7	1.9	9	2.3	16	2.1
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1.6	9	2.3	15	2.0
Septicemia	2	0.5	8	2.1	10	1.3
Atherosclerosis	4	1.1	4	1.0	8	1.1
Hypertension	2	0.5	4	1.0	6	0.8
Coal Worker Pneumoconiosis	6	1.6	0	0.0	6	0.8
All Other Causes (Residual)	65	17.4	67	17.5	132	17.5
Leading Causes of Death	Seventy-Five to Eighty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent