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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	1,130	100.0	930	100.0	2,060	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	399	35.3	267	28.7	666	32.3
Malignant Neoplasms	338	29.9	310	33.3	648	31.5
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	79	7.0	70	7.5	149	7.2
Cerebrovascular Disease	60	5.3	52	5.6	112	5.4
Diabetes Mellitus	38	3.4	43	4.6	81	3.9
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	16	1.4	21	2.3	37	1.8
Pneumonia and Influenza	13	1.2	21	2.3	34	1.7
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	14	1.2	8	0.9	22	1.1
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	7	0.6	10	1.1	17	0.8
Septicemia	8	0.7	8	0.9	16	0.8
Atherosclerosis	7	0.6	8	0.9	15	0.7
All Other Causes (Residual)	151	13.4	112	12.0	263	12.8
Leading Causes of Death	Sixty-Five to Seventy-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent