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Leading Causes of Death	Fifteen to Twenty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total Deaths, All Causes	1,808	100.0	633	100.0	2,441	100.0
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	1,009	55.8	332	52.4	1,341	54.9
Suicide	320	17.7	45	7.1	365	15.0
Homicide	147	8.1	60	9.5	207	8.5
Malignant Neoplasms	83	4.6	53	8.4	136	5.6
Diseases of the Heart	51	2.8	22	3.5	73	3.0
Congenital Anomalies	23	1.3	14	2.2	37	1.5
Pneumonia and Influenza	13	0.7	4	0.6	17	0.7
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection	9	0.5	4	0.6	13	0.5
Cerebrovascular Disease	5	0.3	6	0.9	11	0.5
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	6	0.3	4	0.6	10	0.4
Septicemia	4	0.2	4	0.6	8	0.3
All Other Causes (Residual)	138	7.6	85	13.4	223	9.1
Leading Causes of Death	Fifteen to Twenty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent