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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	374	100.0	310	100.0	684	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	131	35.0	105	33.9	236	34.5
Malignant Neoplasms	113	30.2	90	29.0	203	29.7
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	26	7.0	35	11.3	61	8.9
Cerebrovascular Disease	14	3.7	22	7.1	36	5.3
Diabetes Mellitus	11	2.9	10	3.2	21	3.1
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	5	1.3	4	1.3	9	1.3
Septicemia	5	1.3	3	1.0	8	1.2
Pneumonia and Influenza	5	1.3	3	1.0	8	1.2
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	4	1.1	3	1.0	7	1.0
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	5	1.3	2	0.6	7	1.0
Hypertension	2	0.5	3	1.0	5	0.7
All Other Causes (Residual)	53	14.2	30	9.7	83	12.1
Leading Causes of Death	Sixty-Five to Seventy-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent