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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	317	100.0	355	100.0	672	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	119	37.5	147	41.4	266	39.6
Malignant Neoplasms	61	19.2	64	18.0	125	18.6
Cerebrovascular Disease	31	9.8	35	9.9	66	9.8
Pneumonia and Influenza	25	7.9	23	6.5	48	7.1
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	21	6.6	9	2.5	30	4.5
Diabetes Mellitus	7	2.2	9	2.5	16	2.4
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	5	1.6	9	2.5	14	2.1
Atherosclerosis	2	0.6	9	2.5	11	1.6
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	4	1.3	6	1.7	10	1.5
Septicemia	3	0.9	3	0.8	6	0.9
Suicide	4	1.3	0	0.0	4	0.6
All Other Causes (Residual)	35	11.0	41	11.5	76	11.3
Leading Causes of Death	Seventy-Five to Eighty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent