Keyword Density and Long Tail Keywords

I have a question about how google judges long tail keywords in terms of the issue of keyword density. For instance, say I have a site about tables. The keywords I'm using in my content are all long-tails, but they naturally all contain the word "table." The keyword density of the long-tails is going to be much lower than if I check it for just the word "table." For just the word "table," it's going to be high.

The actual site I'm trying to resurrect from the sandbox is similar to the example above. I'm concerned that the high ocurrance of my base keyword looks like stuffing. I'm in the process of reducing this keyword, but I really can't reduce it very much without making the sentences awkward.

So, how does Google really look at this? Does google go by whatever keyword or keyword phrase in is the page title and judge the density by that? I hope so.

I'm not really looking for a discussion as to whether any concern about keyword density is even important. Enough people think it is for me to be concerned, especially now that I'm trying to bring back a site.