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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	515	100.0	356	100.0	871	100.0
Malignant Neoplasms	171	33.2	116	32.6	287	33.0
Diseases of the Heart	175	34.0	102	28.7	277	31.8
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	38	7.4	19	5.3	57	6.5
Cerebrovascular Disease	15	2.9	22	6.2	37	4.2
Diabetes Mellitus	15	2.9	16	4.5	31	3.6
Pneumonia and Influenza	11	2.1	11	3.1	22	2.5
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	10	1.9	8	2.2	18	2.1
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	9	1.7	7	2.0	16	1.8
Atherosclerosis	8	1.6	7	2.0	15	1.7
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	8	1.6	5	1.4	13	1.5
Septicemia	5	1.0	3	0.8	8	0.9
All Other Causes (Residual)	50	9.7	40	11.2	90	10.3
Leading Causes of Death	Sixty-Five to Seventy-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent