Table 7-A
Number of Hispanic and Middle Easterner Infant Deaths by Selected County and Michigan
Michigan Residents, 2014 - 2024

Hispanic Infant Deaths

County 20142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Michigan6177685848554856445763
Hispanic Infant
Death Rates
8.09.98.87.66.57.310.17.96.37.610.7
Allegan--12-3--212
Genesee12433122225
Ingham212224-2122
Kalamazoo1411--2-131
Kent7131049694498
Lenawee2-111----2-
Macomb-5233226124
Muskegon-22132--322
Oakland49157226328
Ottawa24432323123
Saginaw428-4433471
Van Buren231-21-11--
Washtenaw--1-1-1-1--
Wayne132113186151218131215
All Other Counties23111715512131171112

Table 7-B
Number of Hispanic and Middle Easterner Infant Deaths by Selected County and Michigan
Michigan Residents, 2014 - 2024 (Continued)

Middle Easterner Infant Deaths

County 20142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Michigan2126302231222517222825
Arabic Infant
Death Rates
4.45.36.04.16.04.55.63.84.86.15.2
Macomb32646411441
Oakland3452328-134
Wayne916131417131314131415
All Other Counties64625332475

Note:   The increase in hispanic mortality incidence reflects a change in death certificate reporting. Michigan's death certificate was revised in 2003 to comply with a change in the National Standard death certificate and a separate indicator of hispanic ancestry was introduced. In 2005, the hispanic ancestry indicator was used in tabulations for the first time, resulting in the identification of hispanic deaths that might otherwise have been missed. The increase in hispanic death cases between 2004 and 2005 should not be considered as a change in trend.

Caution: Care should be taken drawing inferences from rates based on small numbers of events or small population base. These rates tend to exhibit considerable variation which may negate their usefulness for comparative purpose

Source: 2024 Michigan Resident Infant Death File, Division for Vital Records & Health Statistics, Michigan Department of Health & Human Services.