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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	903	100.0	725	100.0	1,628	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	359	39.8	230	31.7	589	36.2
Malignant Neoplasms	292	32.3	222	30.6	514	31.6
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	48	5.3	60	8.3	108	6.6
Cerebrovascular Disease	31	3.4	42	5.8	73	4.5
Diabetes Mellitus	21	2.3	30	4.1	51	3.1
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	18	2.0	11	1.5	29	1.8
Pneumonia and Influenza	12	1.3	12	1.7	24	1.5
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	10	1.1	11	1.5	21	1.3
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	10	1.1	10	1.4	20	1.2
Septicemia	6	0.7	10	1.4	16	1.0
Coal Worker Pneumoconiosis	13	1.4	0	0.0	13	0.8
All Other Causes (Residual)	83	9.2	87	12.0	170	10.4
Leading Causes of Death	Sixty-Five to Seventy-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent