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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	409	100.0	306	100.0	715	100.0
Malignant Neoplasms	141	34.5	103	33.7	244	34.1
Diseases of the Heart	136	33.3	90	29.4	226	31.6
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	23	5.6	32	10.5	55	7.7
Cerebrovascular Disease	16	3.9	18	5.9	34	4.8
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1.5	16	5.2	22	3.1
Pneumonia and Influenza	13	3.2	1	0.3	14	2.0
Coal Worker Pneumoconiosis	14	3.4	0	0.0	14	2.0
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	6	1.5	6	2.0	12	1.7
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	7	1.7	2	0.7	9	1.3
Septicemia	6	1.5	1	0.3	7	1.0
Ulcer of Stomcah and Duodenum	2	0.5	3	1.0	5	0.7
All Other Causes (Residual)	39	9.5	34	11.1	73	10.2
Leading Causes of Death	Sixty-Five to Seventy-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent