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Leading Causes of Death	Forty-Five to Fifty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total Deaths, All Causes	6,935	100.0	4,020	100.0	10,955	100.0
Malignant Neoplasms	1,831	26.4	1,720	42.8	3,551	32.4
Diseases of the Heart	2,401	34.6	850	21.1	3,251	29.7
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	581	8.4	214	5.3	795	7.3
Diabetes Mellitus	207	3.0	174	4.3	381	3.5
Cerebrovascular Disease	159	2.3	189	4.7	348	3.2
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	278	4.0	61	1.5	339	3.1
Suicide	262	3.8	66	1.6	328	3.0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	141	2.0	117	2.9	258	2.4
Homicide	109	1.6	40	1.0	149	1.4
Pneumonia and Influenza	70	1.0	52	1.3	122	1.1
Septicemia	41	0.6	50	1.2	91	0.8
All Other Causes (Residual)	855	12.3	487	12.1	1,342	12.3
Leading Causes of Death	Forty-Five to Fifty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent