Number of Infant Deaths by Cause of Death, 1980-2024

Table 12
Number of Infant Deaths by Cause of Death,
1980-2024, Michigan Residents

Causes of Death	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
All Causes	2,280	2,321	2,040	1,935	1,595	1,575	1,565	1,538	1,542	1,645	1,638	1,554	1,460	1,319	1,184	1,110	1,072	1,085	1,091	1,071	1,112	1,066	1,054	1,112	984	1,013	940	997	894	881	817	749	783	799	773	770	747	763	723	694	706	656	650	607	629

Certain gastrointestinal diseases	7	6	11	9	9	6	9	8	5	7	6	18	4	2	8	6	11	9	9	9	10	6	9	16	11	12	11	12	11	12	9	13	7	5	6	7	3	5	4	3	3	1	6	5	3
Septicemia	8	5	3	7	3	6	6	8	5	18	17	11	10	9	5	2	8	5	5	13	5	7	8	10	2	10	3	9	9	8	4	1	8	2	8	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	2	3	2
Remainder of infectious and parasitic diseases	5	3	9	6	7	11	12	11	13	13	18	13	17	9	10	12	9	3	11	7	7	7	7	5	5	6	10	3	6	2	3	2	2	3	5	4	4	3	4	1	4	2	1	6	10
Meningitis	13	16	9	15	3	7	4	4	5	2	11	3	5	7	3	2	1	2	3	6	3	-	2	4	1	3	4	3	1	1	5	1	2	1	1	-	3	1	1	2	-	-	1	1	3
Pneumonia and Influenza	27	16	15	14	15	11	13	22	16	17	26	34	20	20	14	20	15	9	9	14	20	13	9	10	10	6	8	4	9	6	8	6	5	7	7	5	2	9	9	5	4	5	8	4	6
Congenital anomalies	321	322	319	286	289	330	291	270	292	277	300	258	248	213	220	204	189	211	209	200	192	174	186	200	184	197	185	194	172	181	184	125	127	160	139	152	149	141	122	112	121	98	109	111	89
Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy	72	89	83	57	72	52	74	65	64	88	108	90	95	30	43	47	34	35	54	35	45	64	119	90	73	67	72	67	54	62	40	49	68	52	42	45	36	32	27	27	34	29	27	23	35
Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes	50	39	45	31	33	34	44	32	34	25	24	33	38	21	29	33	45	39	42	26	36	38	23	27	21	28	26	25	26	24	26	18	28	30	28	31	28	30	19	18	22	31	28	11	21
Disorders relating to short gestation and unspecified low birthweight	145	168	137	134	176	150	154	204	179	237	251	279	283	270	243	219	202	221	179	217	262	247	191	225	207	219	201	234	209	183	198	188	188	176	174	149	161	196	188	177	158	150	138	122	142
Birth trauma	45	30	32	23	15	14	8	7	11	10	16	9	8	12	8	8	6	2	8	-	2	2	5	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia	69	74	47	51	49	43	29	29	26	28	25	20	25	20	13	11	15	23	16	18	24	16	22	27	22	19	7	7	15	7	20	7	14	8	7	11	5	15	6	9	11	14	9	11	12
Respiratory distress syndrome	206	192	228	174	155	176	164	125	136	204	164	158	110	92	83	82	74	88	78	75	65	58	57	46	56	57	36	42	41	23	23	14	26	20	19	14	18	22	13	12	25	9	21	4	14
Other respiratory conditions	199	172	144	184	153	132	139	154	148	158	120	108	88	85	69	63	71	72	57	58	65	63	44	53	44	52	28	52	29	42	27	28	27	20	22	17	21	13	19	30	15	21	24	25	16
Infections specific to the perinatal period	35	30	28	26	15	32	35	27	35	28	33	32	35	34	21	23	26	34	22	27	35	43	40	34	43	42	29	40	39	26	27	22	21	22	24	21	23	28	16	24	21	23	20	27	16
Neonatal hemorrhage	38	25	23	20	16	10	9	12	9	8	8	9	10	12	9	13	6	12	9	14	28	15	7	28	27	23	16	9	9	17	12	11	12	9	18	16	9	9	12	13	13	6	3	7	9
All other and ill-define conditions originating in the perinatal period	169	202	191	148	182	168	184	152	202	101	73	69	85	80	73	47	55	48	63	47	39	46	39	55	45	46	67	50	46	62	27	39	34	47	28	39	31	24	24	32	40	27	20	34	25
Sudden infant death syndrome	260	268	177	214	233	228	244	239	202	254	257	240	243	210	167	148	149	138	148	114	99	96	85	49	51	47	51	46	48	45	44	33	15	31	35	33	45	32	34	46	43	34	32	47	35
Accidents and adverse effects	39	41	40	41	32	35	24	28	37	48	38	38	29	45	37	40	36	33	35	36	55	57	72	64	70	68	71	77	62	74	66	83	93	90	89	97	82	82	83	81	76	76	58	62	59
Homicides	7	7	3	7	7	8	14	14	8	10	17	12	13	11	12	12	10	14	17	18	13	10	10	7	8	15	9	7	10	10	13	11	14	5	13	6	9	14	10	11	13	3	10	10	5
All other causes	136	146	128	126	131	122	108	127	115	112	126	120	94	137	117	118	110	87	117	137	107	104	119	162	104	95	106	116	98	96	81	97	92	111	108	120	113	103	128	87	98	122	133	94	127

Note: Causes of death are coded using the 9th and 10th revisions to the International Classification of Diseases. The ICD-9 and ICD-10 codes are grouped into broader categories for the causes listed in this table in order to classify these selected causes of death. See Selected Causes of Groups for Infant Mortality for details of grouping and comparability.

Source: 1980-2024 Michigan Resident Infant Death File, Division for Vital Records & Health Statistics, Michigan Department of Health & Human Services.

Table 12Number of Infant Deaths by Cause of Death, 1980-2024, Michigan Residents

Table 12
Number of Infant Deaths by Cause of Death,
1980-2024, Michigan Residents