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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	753	100.0	515	100.0	1,268	100.0
Malignant Neoplasms	240	31.9	218	42.3	458	36.1
Diseases of the Heart	274	36.4	124	24.1	398	31.4
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	33	4.4	38	7.4	71	5.6
Cerebrovascular Disease	28	3.7	24	4.7	52	4.1
Diabetes Mellitus	17	2.3	18	3.5	35	2.8
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	28	3.7	7	1.4	35	2.8
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	14	1.9	11	2.1	25	2.0
Pneumonia and Influenza	9	1.2	5	1.0	14	1.1
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	6	0.8	7	1.4	13	1.0
Septicemia	8	1.1	3	0.6	11	0.9
Homicide	6	0.8	2	0.4	8	0.6
All Other Causes (Residual)	90	12.0	58	11.3	148	11.7
Leading Causes of Death	Fifty-Five to Sixty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent