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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	365	100.0	250	100.0	615	100.0
Malignant Neoplasms	145	39.7	96	38.4	241	39.2
Diseases of the Heart	134	36.7	63	25.2	197	32.0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	13	3.6	25	10.0	38	6.2
Cerebrovascular Disease	7	1.9	11	4.4	18	2.9
Diabetes Mellitus	8	2.2	9	3.6	17	2.8
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	7	1.9	4	1.6	11	1.8
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	6	1.6	5	2.0	11	1.8
Coal Worker Pneumoconiosis	6	1.6	0	0.0	6	1.0
Pneumonia and Influenza	2	0.5	3	1.2	5	0.8
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	1	0.3	4	1.6	5	0.8
Suicide	4	1.1	0	0.0	4	0.7
All Other Causes (Residual)	32	8.8	30	12.0	62	10.1
Leading Causes of Death	Fifty-Five to Sixty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent