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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	3,075	100.0	2,649	100.0	5,724	100.0
Malignant Neoplasms	1,012	32.9	936	35.3	1,948	34.0
Diseases of the Heart	1,061	34.5	756	28.5	1,817	31.7
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	178	5.8	211	8.0	389	6.8
Cerebrovascular Disease	129	4.2	138	5.2	267	4.7
Diabetes Mellitus	102	3.3	131	4.9	233	4.1
Pneumonia and Influenza	61	2.0	40	1.5	101	1.8
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	54	1.8	35	1.3	89	1.6
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	43	1.4	34	1.3	77	1.3
Septicemia	33	1.1	21	0.8	54	0.9
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	29	0.9	24	0.9	53	0.9
Hypertension	14	0.5	21	0.8	35	0.6
All Other Causes (Residual)	359	11.7	302	11.4	661	11.5
Leading Causes of Death	Sixty-Five to Seventy-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent