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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	1,155	100.0	853	100.0	2,008	100.0
Diseases of the Heart	403	34.9	280	32.8	683	34.0
Malignant Neoplasms	371	32.1	274	32.1	645	32.1
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Allied Conditions	71	6.1	44	5.2	115	5.7
Cerebrovascular Disease	43	3.7	41	4.8	84	4.2
Diabetes Mellitus	38	3.3	40	4.7	78	3.9
Pneumonia and Influenza	26	2.3	15	1.8	41	2.0
Unintentional Injuries, All Forms	16	1.4	13	1.5	29	1.4
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis	16	1.4	6	0.7	22	1.1
Atherosclerosis	12	1.0	6	0.7	18	0.9
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis	5	0.4	8	0.9	13	0.6
Hypertension	5	0.4	7	0.8	12	0.6
All Other Causes (Residual)	149	12.9	119	14.0	268	13.3
Leading Causes of Death	Sixty-Five to Seventy-Four Years
	Male		Female		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent