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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	893	100.0	573	100.0	1,466	100.0
Malignant Neoplasms	308	34.5	195	34.0	503	34.3
Diseases of the Heart	305	34.2	176	30.7	481	32.8
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	46	5.2	43	7.5	89	6.1
Cerebrovascular Disease	48	5.4	29	5.1	77	5.3
Diabetes Mellitus	24	2.7	21	3.7	45	3.1
Pneumonia and Influenza	21	2.4	10	1.7	31	2.1
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	11	1.2	9	1.6	20	1.4
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	12	1.3	6	1.0	18	1.2
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	10	1.1	4	0.7	14	1.0
Suicide	9	1.0	2	0.3	11	0.8
Septicemia	6	0.7	3	0.5	9	0.6
All Other Causes (Residual)	93	10.4	75	13.1	168	11.5
Leading Causes of Death	Sixty-Five to Seventy-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent