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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	1,605	100.0	1,128	100.0	2,733	100.0
Malignant Neoplasms	559	34.8	502	44.5	1,061	38.8
Diseases of the Heart	562	35.0	265	23.5	827	30.3
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	70	4.4	53	4.7	123	4.5
Cerebrovascular Disease	53	3.3	53	4.7	106	3.9
Diabetes Mellitus	36	2.2	55	4.9	91	3.3
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	52	3.2	18	1.6	70	2.6
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	41	2.6	15	1.3	56	2.0
Suicide	29	1.8	5	0.4	34	1.2
Pneumonia and Influenza	17	1.1	14	1.2	31	1.1
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	9	0.6	13	1.2	22	0.8
Septicemia	10	0.6	9	0.8	19	0.7
All Other Causes (Residual)	167	10.4	126	11.2	293	10.7
Leading Causes of Death	Fifty-Five to Sixty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent