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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	1,353	100.0	1,497	100.0	2,850	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	481	35.6	547	36.5	1,028	36.1
Malignant Neoplasms	321	23.7	283	18.9	604	21.2
Cerebrovascular Disease	103	7.6	124	8.3	227	8.0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	88	6.5	75	5.0	163	5.7
Pneumonia and Influenza	65	4.8	63	4.2	128	4.5
Diabetes Mellitus	37	2.7	68	4.5	105	3.7
Atherosclerosis	32	2.4	62	4.1	94	3.3
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	19	1.4	23	1.5	42	1.5
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	18	1.3	17	1.1	35	1.2
Hypertension	5	0.4	11	0.7	16	0.6
Septicemia	3	0.2	11	0.7	14	0.5
All Other Causes (Residual)	181	13.4	213	14.2	394	13.8
Leading Causes of Death	Seventy-Five to Eighty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent