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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	540	100.0	438	100.0	978	100.0
Malignant Neoplasms	177	32.8	142	32.4	319	32.6
Diseases of the Heart	183	33.9	125	28.5	308	31.5
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	28	5.2	39	8.9	67	6.9
Cerebrovascular Disease	12	2.2	21	4.8	33	3.4
Diabetes Mellitus	13	2.4	14	3.2	27	2.8
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	13	2.4	9	2.1	22	2.2
Pneumonia and Influenza	7	1.3	13	3.0	20	2.0
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	14	2.6	3	0.7	17	1.7
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	6	1.1	7	1.6	13	1.3
Suicide	11	2.0	0	0.0	11	1.1
Septicemia	2	0.4	5	1.1	7	0.7
All Other Causes (Residual)	74	13.7	60	13.7	134	13.7
Leading Causes of Death	Sixty-Five to Seventy-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent