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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	410	100.0	299	100.0	709	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	154	37.6	106	35.5	260	36.7
Malignant Neoplasms	128	31.2	91	30.4	219	30.9
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	25	6.1	23	7.7	48	6.8
Cerebrovascular Disease	21	5.1	17	5.7	38	5.4
Diabetes Mellitus	8	2.0	10	3.3	18	2.5
Pneumonia and Influenza	9	2.2	4	1.3	13	1.8
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	3	0.7	7	2.3	10	1.4
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	6	1.5	2	0.7	8	1.1
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	2	0.5	5	1.7	7	1.0
Suicide	6	1.5	1	0.3	7	1.0
Septicemia	2	0.5	3	1.0	5	0.7
All Other Causes (Residual)	46	11.2	30	10.0	76	10.7
Leading Causes of Death	Sixty-Five to Seventy-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent