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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	1,088	100.0	756	100.0	1,844	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	400	36.8	256	33.9	656	35.6
Malignant Neoplasms	306	28.1	228	30.2	534	29.0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	97	8.9	59	7.8	156	8.5
Cerebrovascular Disease	47	4.3	44	5.8	91	4.9
Diabetes Mellitus	28	2.6	26	3.4	54	2.9
Pneumonia and Influenza	26	2.4	17	2.2	43	2.3
Septicemia	9	0.8	14	1.9	23	1.2
Coal Worker Pneumoconiosis	22	2.0	0	0.0	22	1.2
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	12	1.1	9	1.2	21	1.1
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	9	0.8	11	1.5	20	1.1
Suicide	17	1.6	3	0.4	20	1.1
All Other Causes (Residual)	115	10.6	89	11.8	204	11.1
Leading Causes of Death	Sixty-Five to Seventy-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent