Leading Causes of Death and Cause-Specific Rates by Age
Michigan Residents, 2025
Age Rank and Cause of Death Number Rate
All Ages 1. Diseases of heart 26,468 261.3
2. Malignant neoplasms 21,946 216.7
3. Cerebrovascular diseases 6,477 64.0
4. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 5,447 53.8
5. Accidents 5,413 53.4
  All Causes 105,428 1,041.0
     
Under 1 year 1. Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified 132 133.1
2. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 103 103.9
3. Unintentional injuries 77 77.6
4. Sudden infant death syndrome 27 27.2
5. Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy 22 22.2
  All Causes 608 613.1
     
1-4 Years 1. Accidents 35 8.4
2. Malignant neoplasms 8 1.9
3–4. Assault (homicide)
Influenza and pneumonia
6 1.4
5. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 5 *
  All Causes 101 24.3
     
5-14 Years 1. Accidents 48 4.1
2. Malignant neoplasms 16 1.4
3–4. Assault (homicide)
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
14 1.2
5. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 7 0.6
  All Causes 173 14.8
     
15-24 Years 1. Accidents 217 16.4
2. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 173 13.1
3. Assault (homicide) 104 7.9
4. Malignant neoplasms 45 3.4
5. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 15 1.1
  All Causes 712 54.0
     
25-34 Years 1. Accidents 450 34.3
2. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 210 16.0
3. Malignant neoplasms 123 9.4
4. Assault (homicide) 117 8.9
5. Diseases of heart 107 8.2
  All Causes 1,473 112.4
     
35-49 Years 1. Accidents 917 49.5
2. Malignant neoplasms 728 39.3
3. Diseases of heart 714 38.6
4. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 343 18.5
5. Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis 267 14.4
  All Causes 4,646 251.0
     
50-64 Years 1. Malignant neoplasms 4,120 218.5
2. Diseases of heart 3,231 171.3
3. Accidents 1,052 55.8
4. Diabetes mellitus 663 35.2
5. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 661 35.1
  All Causes 14,695 779.2
     
65 and Over 1. Diseases of heart 22,384 1,078.0
2. Malignant neoplasms 16,906 814.2
3. Cerebrovascular diseases 5,909 284.6
4. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 4,716 227.1
5. Alzheimer's disease 4,376 210.7
  All Causes 83,020 3,998.1
     

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. .