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Leading Causes of Death	Sixty-Five to Seventy-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total Deaths, All Causes	230	100.0	155	100.0	385	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	81	35.2	53	34.2	134	34.8
Malignant Neoplasms	64	27.8	41	26.5	105	27.3
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	22	9.6	11	7.1	33	8.6
Diabetes Mellitus	7	3.0	8	5.2	15	3.9
Cerebrovascular Disease	10	4.3	5	3.2	15	3.9
Pneumonia and Influenza	6	2.6	5	3.2	11	2.9
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	5	2.2	4	2.6	9	2.3
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	6	2.6	2	1.3	8	2.1
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	1	0.4	5	3.2	6	1.6
Septicemia	2	0.9	1	0.6	3	0.8
Suicide	3	1.3	0	0.0	3	0.8
All Other Causes (Residual)	23	10.0	20	12.9	43	11.2
Leading Causes of Death	Sixty-Five to Seventy-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent