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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	681	100.0	424	100.0	1,105	100.0
Malignant Neoplasms	203	29.8	160	37.7	363	32.9
Diseases of the Heart	239	35.1	105	24.8	344	31.1
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	30	4.4	40	9.4	70	6.3
Diabetes Mellitus	19	2.8	28	6.6	47	4.3
Cerebrovascular Disease	20	2.9	21	5.0	41	3.7
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	22	3.2	13	3.1	35	3.2
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	15	2.2	7	1.7	22	2.0
Coal Worker Pneumoconiosis	20	2.9	0	0.0	20	1.8
Suicide	17	2.5	2	0.5	19	1.7
Pneumonia and Influenza	9	1.3	8	1.9	17	1.5
Homicide	7	1.0	0	0.0	7	0.6
All Other Causes (Residual)	80	11.7	40	9.4	120	10.9
Leading Causes of Death	Fifty-Five to Sixty-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent