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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	521	100.0	330	100.0	851	100.0
Malignant Neoplasms	173	33.2	113	34.2	286	33.6
Diseases of the Heart	181	34.7	92	27.9	273	32.1
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	18	3.5	23	7.0	41	4.8
Cerebrovascular Disease	16	3.1	21	6.4	37	4.3
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	19	3.6	9	2.7	28	3.3
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1.9	15	4.5	25	2.9
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	15	2.9	9	2.7	24	2.8
Suicide	14	2.7	1	0.3	15	1.8
Pneumonia and Influenza	9	1.7	5	1.5	14	1.6
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	7	1.3	1	0.3	8	0.9
Coal Worker Pneumoconiosis	7	1.3	0	0.0	7	0.8
All Other Causes (Residual)	52	10.0	41	12.4	93	10.9
Leading Causes of Death	Fifty-Five to Sixty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent