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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	341	100.0	370	100.0	711	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	117	34.3	156	42.2	273	38.4
Malignant Neoplasms	75	22.0	60	16.2	135	19.0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	40	11.7	23	6.2	63	8.9
Cerebrovascular Disease	16	4.7	32	8.6	48	6.8
Pneumonia and Influenza	12	3.5	17	4.6	29	4.1
Coal Worker Pneumoconiosis	26	7.6	0	0.0	26	3.7
Diabetes Mellitus	8	2.3	15	4.1	23	3.2
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	9	2.6	10	2.7	19	2.7
Septicemia	5	1.5	1	0.3	6	0.8
Hypertension	2	0.6	3	0.8	5	0.7
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	3	0.9	2	0.5	5	0.7
All Other Causes (Residual)	28	8.2	51	13.8	79	11.1
Leading Causes of Death	Seventy-Five to Eighty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent