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Leading Causes of Death	Eighty-Five Years and Over
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total Deaths, All Causes	454	100.0	926	100.0	1,380	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	185	40.7	450	48.6	635	46.0
Malignant Neoplasms	65	14.3	85	9.2	150	10.9
Cerebrovascular Disease	27	5.9	64	6.9	91	6.6
Pneumonia and Influenza	25	5.5	57	6.2	82	5.9
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	30	6.6	25	2.7	55	4.0
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1.3	24	2.6	30	2.2
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	7	1.5	20	2.2	27	2.0
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	6	1.3	21	2.3	27	2.0
Septicemia	9	2.0	12	1.3	21	1.5
Coal Worker Pneumoconiosis	21	4.6	0	0.0	21	1.5
Atherosclerosis	4	0.9	13	1.4	17	1.2
All Other Causes (Residual)	69	15.2	155	16.7	224	16.2
Leading Causes of Death	Eighty-Five Years and Over
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent