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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	863	100.0	711	100.0	1,574	100.0
Malignant Neoplasms	306	35.5	262	36.8	568	36.1
Diseases of the Heart	303	35.1	196	27.6	499	31.7
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	53	6.1	61	8.6	114	7.2
Cerebrovascular Disease	27	3.1	42	5.9	69	4.4
Diabetes Mellitus	33	3.8	21	3.0	54	3.4
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	13	1.5	13	1.8	26	1.7
Pneumonia and Influenza	8	0.9	10	1.4	18	1.1
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	8	0.9	8	1.1	16	1.0
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	8	0.9	4	0.6	12	0.8
Septicemia	6	0.7	5	0.7	11	0.7
Atherosclerosis	5	0.6	5	0.7	10	0.6
All Other Causes (Residual)	93	10.8	84	11.8	177	11.2
Leading Causes of Death	Sixty-Five to Seventy-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent