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Leading Causes of Death	Total All Age Groups
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total Deaths, All Causes	1,417	100.0	1,268	100.0	2,685	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	440	31.1	426	33.6	866	32.3
Malignant Neoplasms	369	26.0	289	22.8	658	24.5
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	83	5.9	70	5.5	153	5.7
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	102	7.2	50	3.9	152	5.7
Cerebrovascular Disease	54	3.8	77	6.1	131	4.9
Pneumonia and Influenza	48	3.4	31	2.4	79	2.9
Diabetes Mellitus	30	2.1	41	3.2	71	2.6
Septicemia	16	1.1	15	1.2	31	1.2
Coal Worker Pneumoconiosis	30	2.1	0	0.0	30	1.1
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	17	1.2	13	1.0	30	1.1
Suicide	23	1.6	6	0.5	29	1.1
All Other Causes (Residual)	205	14.5	250	19.7	455	16.9
Leading Causes of Death	Total All Age Groups
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent