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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	901	100.0	726	100.0	1,627	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	332	36.8	231	31.8	563	34.6
Malignant Neoplasms	265	29.4	207	28.5	472	29.0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	63	7.0	59	8.1	122	7.5
Diabetes Mellitus	21	2.3	46	6.3	67	4.1
Cerebrovascular Disease	29	3.2	38	5.2	67	4.1
Pneumonia and Influenza	21	2.3	12	1.7	33	2.0
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	11	1.2	18	2.5	29	1.8
Coal Worker Pneumoconiosis	24	2.7	0	0.0	24	1.5
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	12	1.3	11	1.5	23	1.4
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	13	1.4	7	1.0	20	1.2
Septicemia	8	0.9	6	0.8	14	0.9
All Other Causes (Residual)	102	11.3	91	12.5	193	11.9
Leading Causes of Death	Sixty-Five to Seventy-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent