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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	655	100.0	460	100.0	1,115	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	246	37.6	156	33.9	402	36.1
Malignant Neoplasms	178	27.2	132	28.7	310	27.8
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	63	9.6	28	6.1	91	8.2
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1.7	30	6.5	41	3.7
Cerebrovascular Disease	19	2.9	21	4.6	40	3.6
Coal Worker Pneumoconiosis	32	4.9	0	0.0	32	2.9
Pneumonia and Influenza	12	1.8	11	2.4	23	2.1
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	13	2.0	6	1.3	19	1.7
Septicemia	4	0.6	11	2.4	15	1.3
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	7	1.1	8	1.7	15	1.3
Hypertension	3	0.5	5	1.1	8	0.7
All Other Causes (Residual)	67	10.2	52	11.3	119	10.7
Leading Causes of Death	Sixty-Five to Seventy-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent