Leading Causes of Death and Cause-Specific Rates by Age
Michigan Residents Males, 2025
Age Rank and Cause of Death Number Rate
All Ages 1. Diseases of heart 14,277 285.9
2. Malignant neoplasms 11,672 233.8
3. Accidents 3,355 67.2
4. Cerebrovascular diseases 2,668 53.4
5. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 2,606 52.2
  All Causes 54,297 1,087.4
     
Under 1 year 1. Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified 81 158.7
2. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 49 96.0
3. Unintentional injuries 38 74.5
4. Sudden infant death syndrome 19 37.2
5. Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy 11 21.6
  All Causes 319 625.0
     
1-4 Years 1. Accidents 22 10.4
2–4. Assault (homicide)
Influenza and pneumonia
Malignant neoplasms
4 *
5. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 3 *
  All Causes 61 28.8
     
5-14 Years 1. Accidents 27 4.5
2. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 10 1.7
3. Malignant neoplasms 9 1.5
4. Assault (homicide) 8 1.3
5. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 5 *
  All Causes 102 17.0
     
15-24 Years 1. Accidents 163 24.2
2. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 130 19.3
3. Assault (homicide) 83 12.3
4. Malignant neoplasms 27 4.0
5. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 10 1.5
  All Causes 511 75.7
     
25-34 Years 1. Accidents 324 48.7
2. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 171 25.7
3. Assault (homicide) 104 15.6
4. Diseases of heart 59 8.9
5. Malignant neoplasms 55 8.3
  All Causes 986 148.1
     
35-49 Years 1. Accidents 631 68.3
2. Diseases of heart 504 54.5
3. Malignant neoplasms 325 35.2
4. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 283 30.6
5. Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis 167 18.1
  All Causes 2,947 318.8
     
50-64 Years 1. Diseases of heart 2,225 240.8
2. Malignant neoplasms 2,160 233.7
3. Accidents 724 78.3
4. Diabetes mellitus 428 46.3
5. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 331 35.8
  All Causes 8,846 957.3
     
65 and Over 1. Diseases of heart 11,469 1,216.8
2. Malignant neoplasms 9,092 964.6
3. Cerebrovascular diseases 2,353 249.6
4. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 2,230 236.6
5. Diabetes mellitus 1,520 161.3
  All Causes 40,525 4,299.4
     

Note: Age groups do not add to respective totals because records with age not stated are included only in the "All Ages" row. Rates may not agree with those shown elsewhere in this section since records with sex and race not stated were randomly allocated prior to rate calculation for the other tables, and were not included in calculations for this table. Cause-specific rates are per 100,000 population.

Infant deaths were grouped according to 71 rankable causes of infant death from 130 Causes of Infant Death. For other age groups, deaths were grouped according to 50 rankable causes of death from 113 Selected Causes of Death. See ICD-10 Cause of Death Lists of Tabulating Mortality Statistics for a detailed lists of ICD-10 groupings.

Source: 2025 Michigan Resident Death File, Division for Vital Records & Health Statistics, Michigan Department of Health & Human Services; Population Estimates by Age and Race (latest update 7/2025), U.S Census Bureau. .