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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	828	100.0	483	100.0	1,311	100.0
Malignant Neoplasms	225	27.2	197	40.8	422	32.2
Diseases of the Heart	257	31.0	118	24.4	375	28.6
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	64	7.7	22	4.6	86	6.6
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	51	6.2	8	1.7	59	4.5
Diabetes Mellitus	30	3.6	27	5.6	57	4.3
Suicide	32	3.9	12	2.5	44	3.4
Cerebrovascular Disease	20	2.4	20	4.1	40	3.1
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	17	2.1	13	2.7	30	2.3
Homicide	11	1.3	6	1.2	17	1.3
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection	12	1.4	0	0.0	12	0.9
Pneumonia and Influenza	7	0.8	4	0.8	11	0.8
All Other Causes (Residual)	102	12.3	56	11.6	158	12.1
Leading Causes of Death	Forty-Five to Fifty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent