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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	1,553	100.0	1,195	100.0	2,748	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	555	35.7	372	31.1	927	33.7
Malignant Neoplasms	498	32.1	399	33.4	897	32.6
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	115	7.4	92	7.7	207	7.5
Cerebrovascular Disease	60	3.9	78	6.5	138	5.0
Diabetes Mellitus	33	2.1	43	3.6	76	2.8
Pneumonia and Influenza	37	2.4	20	1.7	57	2.1
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	26	1.7	11	0.9	37	1.3
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	22	1.4	12	1.0	34	1.2
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	16	1.0	16	1.3	32	1.2
Septicemia	14	0.9	8	0.7	22	0.8
Suicide	12	0.8	3	0.3	15	0.5
All Other Causes (Residual)	165	10.6	141	11.8	306	11.1
Leading Causes of Death	Sixty-Five to Seventy-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent