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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	1,244	100.0	944	100.0	2,188	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	431	34.6	294	31.1	725	33.1
Malignant Neoplasms	340	27.3	304	32.2	644	29.4
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	82	6.6	78	8.3	160	7.3
Cerebrovascular Disease	50	4.0	60	6.4	110	5.0
Diabetes Mellitus	37	3.0	55	5.8	92	4.2
Coal Worker Pneumoconiosis	68	5.5	0	0.0	68	3.1
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	20	1.6	16	1.7	36	1.6
Pneumonia and Influenza	24	1.9	11	1.2	35	1.6
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	17	1.4	14	1.5	31	1.4
Septicemia	14	1.1	10	1.1	24	1.1
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	16	1.3	6	0.6	22	1.0
All Other Causes (Residual)	145	11.7	96	10.2	241	11.0
Leading Causes of Death	Sixty-Five to Seventy-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent