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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	1,619	100.0	3,589	100.0	5,208	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	625	38.6	1,478	41.2	2,103	40.4
Malignant Neoplasms	249	15.4	353	9.8	602	11.6
Cerebrovascular Disease	133	8.2	336	9.4	469	9.0
Pneumonia and Influenza	107	6.6	211	5.9	318	6.1
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	94	5.8	97	2.7	191	3.7
Diabetes Mellitus	26	1.6	104	2.9	130	2.5
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	36	2.2	56	1.6	92	1.8
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	27	1.7	63	1.8	90	1.7
Septicemia	19	1.2	55	1.5	74	1.4
Atherosclerosis	23	1.4	44	1.2	67	1.3
Hypertension	10	0.6	42	1.2	52	1.0
All Other Causes (Residual)	270	16.7	750	20.9	1,020	19.6
Leading Causes of Death	Eighty-Five Years and Over
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent