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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	416	100.0	299	100.0	715	100.0
Malignant Neoplasms	133	32.0	97	32.4	230	32.2
Diseases of the Heart	141	33.9	84	28.1	225	31.5
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	27	6.5	28	9.4	55	7.7
Cerebrovascular Disease	13	3.1	14	4.7	27	3.8
Pneumonia and Influenza	12	2.9	11	3.7	23	3.2
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	10	2.4	8	2.7	18	2.5
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1.9	9	3.0	17	2.4
Coal Worker Pneumoconiosis	15	3.6	0	0.0	15	2.1
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	4	1.0	9	3.0	13	1.8
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	2	0.5	6	2.0	8	1.1
Septicemia	3	0.7	4	1.3	7	1.0
All Other Causes (Residual)	48	11.5	29	9.7	77	10.8
Leading Causes of Death	Sixty-Five to Seventy-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent