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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	717	100.0	547	100.0	1,264	100.0
Malignant Neoplasms	230	32.1	179	32.7	409	32.4
Diseases of the Heart	229	31.9	178	32.5	407	32.2
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	40	5.6	48	8.8	88	7.0
Diabetes Mellitus	29	4.0	31	5.7	60	4.7
Cerebrovascular Disease	28	3.9	27	4.9	55	4.4
Coal Worker Pneumoconiosis	27	3.8	0	0.0	27	2.1
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	13	1.8	10	1.8	23	1.8
Pneumonia and Influenza	14	2.0	6	1.1	20	1.6
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	13	1.8	4	0.7	17	1.3
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	7	1.0	6	1.1	13	1.0
Septicemia	4	0.6	5	0.9	9	0.7
All Other Causes (Residual)	83	11.6	53	9.7	136	10.8
Leading Causes of Death	Sixty-Five to Seventy-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent