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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	292	100.0	218	100.0	510	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	108	37.0	69	31.7	177	34.7
Malignant Neoplasms	84	28.8	66	30.3	150	29.4
Cerebrovascular Disease	18	6.2	22	10.1	40	7.8
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	24	8.2	11	5.0	35	6.9
Diabetes Mellitus	10	3.4	14	6.4	24	4.7
Pneumonia and Influenza	12	4.1	4	1.8	16	3.1
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	2	0.7	4	1.8	6	1.2
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	5	1.7	0	0.0	5	1.0
Suicide	4	1.4	0	0.0	4	0.8
Septicemia	3	1.0	0	0.0	3	0.6
All Other Causes (Residual)	22	7.5	28	12.8	50	9.8
Leading Causes of Death	Sixty-Five to Seventy-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent