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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	220	100.0	144	100.0	364	100.0
Malignant Neoplasms	67	30.5	55	38.2	122	33.5
Diseases of the Heart	68	30.9	41	28.5	109	29.9
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	14	6.4	9	6.2	23	6.3
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	10	4.5	7	4.9	17	4.7
Diabetes Mellitus	7	3.2	3	2.1	10	2.7
Cerebrovascular Disease	5	2.3	5	3.5	10	2.7
Suicide	6	2.7	1	0.7	7	1.9
Pneumonia and Influenza	5	2.3	1	0.7	6	1.6
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	2	0.9	3	2.1	5	1.4
Coal Worker Pneumoconiosis	4	1.8	0	0.0	4	1.1
Congenital Anomalies	2	0.9	2	1.4	4	1.1
All Other Causes (Residual)	30	13.6	17	11.8	47	12.9
Leading Causes of Death	Fifty-Five to Sixty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent