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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	527	100.0	374	100.0	901	100.0
Malignant Neoplasms	161	30.6	159	42.5	320	35.5
Diseases of the Heart	196	37.2	98	26.2	294	32.6
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	32	6.1	18	4.8	50	5.5
Diabetes Mellitus	18	3.4	17	4.5	35	3.9
Cerebrovascular Disease	13	2.5	18	4.8	31	3.4
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	12	2.3	10	2.7	22	2.4
Suicide	11	2.1	3	0.8	14	1.6
Pneumonia and Influenza	7	1.3	4	1.1	11	1.2
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	8	1.5	1	0.3	9	1.0
Septicemia	5	0.9	3	0.8	8	0.9
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	5	0.9	1	0.3	6	0.7
All Other Causes (Residual)	59	11.2	42	11.2	101	11.2
Leading Causes of Death	Fifty-Five to Sixty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent