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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	547	100.0	448	100.0	995	100.0
Malignant Neoplasms	188	34.4	145	32.4	333	33.5
Diseases of the Heart	200	36.6	128	28.6	328	33.0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	33	6.0	36	8.0	69	6.9
Cerebrovascular Disease	25	4.6	32	7.1	57	5.7
Diabetes Mellitus	11	2.0	21	4.7	32	3.2
Pneumonia and Influenza	11	2.0	12	2.7	23	2.3
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	6	1.1	8	1.8	14	1.4
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	8	1.5	2	0.4	10	1.0
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	5	0.9	4	0.9	9	0.9
Atherosclerosis	4	0.7	3	0.7	7	0.7
Septicemia	2	0.4	3	0.7	5	0.5
All Other Causes (Residual)	54	9.9	54	12.1	108	10.9
Leading Causes of Death	Sixty-Five to Seventy-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent