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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	583	100.0	446	100.0	1,029	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	221	37.9	163	36.5	384	37.3
Malignant Neoplasms	189	32.4	148	33.2	337	32.8
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	31	5.3	28	6.3	59	5.7
Cerebrovascular Disease	21	3.6	21	4.7	42	4.1
Diabetes Mellitus	14	2.4	20	4.5	34	3.3
Pneumonia and Influenza	13	2.2	5	1.1	18	1.7
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	6	1.0	9	2.0	15	1.5
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	6	1.0	6	1.3	12	1.2
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	9	1.5	3	0.7	12	1.2
Septicemia	4	0.7	3	0.7	7	0.7
Suicide	5	0.9	0	0.0	5	0.5
All Other Causes (Residual)	64	11.0	40	9.0	104	10.1
Leading Causes of Death	Sixty-Five to Seventy-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent