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Leading Causes of Death	Fifty-Five to Sixty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total Deaths, All Causes	13,788	100.0	9,091	100.0	22,879	100.0
Malignant Neoplasms	4,478	32.5	3,635	40.0	8,113	35.5
Diseases of the Heart	4,967	36.0	2,387	26.3	7,354	32.1
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	623	4.5	594	6.5	1,217	5.3
Cerebrovascular Disease	434	3.1	407	4.5	841	3.7
Diabetes Mellitus	374	2.7	440	4.8	814	3.6
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	445	3.2	204	2.2	649	2.8
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	313	2.3	132	1.5	445	1.9
Pneumonia and Influenza	191	1.4	123	1.4	314	1.4
Suicide	260	1.9	48	0.5	308	1.3
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	90	0.7	81	0.9	171	0.7
Septicemia	78	0.6	66	0.7	144	0.6
All Other Causes (Residual)	1,535	11.1	974	10.7	2,509	11.0
Leading Causes of Death	Fifty-Five to Sixty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent