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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	293	100.0	593	100.0	886	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	127	43.3	289	48.7	416	47.0
Malignant Neoplasms	46	15.7	50	8.4	96	10.8
Cerebrovascular Disease	18	6.1	59	9.9	77	8.7
Pneumonia and Influenza	29	9.9	39	6.6	68	7.7
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	17	5.8	14	2.4	31	3.5
Diabetes Mellitus	10	3.4	15	2.5	25	2.8
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	6	2.0	14	2.4	20	2.3
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	3	1.0	11	1.9	14	1.6
Septicemia	5	1.7	5	0.8	10	1.1
Nutritional Deficiencies	0	0.0	6	1.0	6	0.7
Hypertension	1	0.3	3	0.5	4	0.5
All Other Causes (Residual)	31	10.6	88	14.8	119	13.4
Leading Causes of Death	Eighty-Five Years and Over
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent