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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	285	100.0	506	100.0	791	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	110	38.6	260	51.4	370	46.8
Malignant Neoplasms	40	14.0	54	10.7	94	11.9
Pneumonia and Influenza	17	6.0	32	6.3	49	6.2
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	26	9.1	17	3.4	43	5.4
Cerebrovascular Disease	10	3.5	22	4.3	32	4.0
Diabetes Mellitus	11	3.9	14	2.8	25	3.2
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	6	2.1	10	2.0	16	2.0
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	5	1.8	11	2.2	16	2.0
Coal Worker Pneumoconiosis	11	3.9	0	0.0	11	1.4
Septicemia	3	1.1	7	1.4	10	1.3
Hypertension	2	0.7	3	0.6	5	0.6
All Other Causes (Residual)	44	15.4	76	15.0	120	15.2
Leading Causes of Death	Eighty-Five Years and Over
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent