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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	633	100.0	610	100.0	1,243	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	225	35.5	227	37.2	452	36.4
Malignant Neoplasms	158	25.0	135	22.1	293	23.6
Cerebrovascular Disease	52	8.2	62	10.2	114	9.2
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	58	9.2	32	5.2	90	7.2
Pneumonia and Influenza	23	3.6	18	3.0	41	3.3
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	14	2.2	8	1.3	22	1.8
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	8	1.3	12	2.0	20	1.6
Diabetes Mellitus	4	0.6	14	2.3	18	1.4
Septicemia	7	1.1	7	1.1	14	1.1
Atherosclerosis	5	0.8	6	1.0	11	0.9
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	2	0.3	5	0.8	7	0.6
All Other Causes (Residual)	77	12.2	84	13.8	161	13.0
Leading Causes of Death	Seventy-Five to Eighty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent