The first concern I have, going by the numbers you posted, is how much content is on the page vs how much content is in the footer. If the footer is adding that much to the keyword density it seems to me that the page either contains only a few paragraphs, or the footer has a lot of links that are being added. If this is the case, that the footer is so heavy it overpowers your content that may introduce problems of its own.

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