Number of Deaths and Crude Death Rates,
Michigan and United States Residents,
1970 - 2024
Year United States Michigan
Number Rate Number Rate
2024P 3,072,666 9.2 102,848 10.1
2023 3,090,964 9.2 103,359 10.3
2022 3,279,528 9.9 110,149 11.0
2021 3,464,231 10.4 117,756 11.8
2020 3,383,729 10.3 117,087 11.7
2019 2,854,838 8.7 99,095 9.9
2018 2,839,205 8.7 98,985 9.9
2017 2.814.000 8.6 97,532 9.8
2016 2,744,248 8.4 96,577 9.7
2015 2,712,630 8.4 94,579 9.5
2014 2,626,418 8.2 93,526 9.4
2013 2,596,993 8.2 92,463 9.3
2012 2,543,279 8.1 89,917 9.1
2011 2,515,458 8.1 89,473 9.1
2010 2,468,435 8.0 88,058 8.9
2009 2,437,163 7.9 86,310 8.7
2008 2,471,984 8.1 88,272 8.9
2007 2,423,712 8.0 86,642 8.7
2006 2,426,264 8.1 85,945 8.6
2005 2,448,017 8.3 86,785 8.6
2004 2,397,615 8.2 85,122 8.5
2003 2,448,288 8.4 86,306 8.6
2002 2,443,387 8.5 87,534 8.7
2001 2,416,425 8.5 86,250 8.6
2000 2,403,351 8.5 86,988 8.7
1999 2,391,399 8.6 86,835 8.8
1998 2,337,256 8.5 84,906 8.6
1997 2,314,245 8.5 82,994 8.5
1996 2,314,690 8.6 83,496 8.6
1995 2,312,132 8.7 83,405 8.6
1994 2,278,994 8.7 82,644 8.6
1993 2,268,553 8.7 82,286 8.6
1992 2,175,613 8.5 78,916 8.3
1991 2,169,518 8.6 79,738 8.5
1990 2,148,463 8.6 78,501 8.4
1989 2,150,466 8.7 78,566 8.5
1988 2,167,999 8.9 80,075 8.7
1987 2,123,323 8.8 79,795 8.7
1986 2,105,361 8.8 80,177 8.8
1985 2,086,440 8.8 78,635 8.7
1984 2,039,369 8.6 76,401 8.4
1983 2,019,201 8.6 76,639 8.5
1982 1,974,797 8.5 75,536 8.3
1981 1,977,981 8.6 75,818 8.2
1980 1,989,841 8.8 74,991 8.1
1979 1,913,841 8.5 73,480 7.9
1978 1,927,788 8.7 74,773 8.1
1977 1,899,597 8.6 74,144 8.1
1976 1,909,440 8.8 75,801 8.3
1975 1,892,879 8.8 74,522 8.2
1974 1,934,388 9.1 76,143 8.4
1973 1,973,003 9.3 78,522 8.7
1972 1,963,944 9.4 79,210 8.8
1971 1,927,542 9.3 77,395 8.6
1970 1,921,031 9.5 76,321 8.6

Note: Crude death rates are deaths per 1,000 population. 

Source: 1970-2024 Michigan Resident Death Files, 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. ;
National Vital Statistics Reports, National Center for Health Statistics