Table 9
Number and Age-Adjusted Rate of COVID‐19 Deaths
by Sex and Local Health Department,
Michigan Residents, 2022
County Deaths Age-Adjusted Rate
Total Male Female Total Male Female
Michigan 5,948 3,163 2,785 45.0 ±1.2 55.6 ±2.0 37.3 ±1.4
Allegan County Health Department 62 32 30 42.4 ±10.8 51.0 ±18.4 35.2 ±12.7
Barry-Eaton District Health Department 106 56 50 43.7 ±8.5 51.6 ±14.0 37.4 ±10.7
Berrien County Health Department 125 80 45 54.9 ±9.9 79.2 ±17.8 36.2 ±11.1
Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Health Department 92 52 40 46.2 ±9.8 58.3 ±16.5 34.9 ±11.2
Calhoun County Health Department 94 51 43 53.7 ±11.0 68.0 ±19.2 41.8 ±12.7
Central Michigan District Health Department 125 69 56 48.6 ±9.1 58.6 ±14.9 39.4 ±10.9
Chippewa County Health Department 30 15 15 56.5 ±20.4 *   *  
City of Detroit Health Department 461 215 246 64.4 ±6.0 74.1 ±10.2 57.7 ±7.3
Public Health Delta & Menominee Counties 34 18 16 30.3 ±10.4 *   *  
Dickinson-Iron District Health Department 35 16 19 51.7 ±17.7 *   *  
District Health Department #10 159 91 68 39.4 ±6.4 48.6 ±10.5 32.2 ±8.1
District Health Department #2 63 39 24 46.6 ±12.1 56.0 ±18.0 38.4 ±16.9
District Health Department #4 58 27 31 38.0 ±10.4 39.2 ±15.5 37.9 ±14.7
Genesee County Health Department 291 140 151 54.7 ±6.5 62.8 ±10.7 48.1 ±7.9
Grand Traverse County Health Department 34 24 10 24.5 ±8.7 37.3 ±15.5 *  
Ingham County Health Department 123 71 52 42.1 ±7.6 56.3 ±13.5 30.7 ±8.5
Ionia County Health Department 32 18 14 41.8 ±14.8 *   *  
Jackson County Health Department 90 43 47 41.2 ±8.6 46.0 ±14.0 37.5 ±10.9
Kalamazoo County Human Services Department 130 66 64 43.8 ±7.6 52.5 ±12.9 38.1 ±9.6
Kent County Health Department 214 121 93 29.0 ±3.9 38.1 ±7.0 22.2 ±4.6
Lapeer County Health Department 77 49 28 61.8 ±14.4 80.1 ±23.6 43.2 ±16.7
Lenawee County Health Department 62 32 30 45.5 ±11.6 57.2 ±20.5 37.1 ±13.4
Livingston County Health Department 85 48 37 34.1 ±7.4 43.7 ±12.8 27.7 ±9.2
Luce-Mackinac-Alger-Schoolcraft Health Department 26 17 9 42.8 ±16.9 *   *  
Macomb County Health Department 648 345 303 55.2 ±4.3 71.9 ±7.8 44.5 ±5.1
Marquette County Health Department 28 15 13 29.6 ±11.2 *   *  
Mid-Michigan District Health Department 99 65 34 39.8 ±7.9 57.8 ±14.4 24.0 ±8.2
Midland County Health Department 34 14 20 26.8 ±9.2 *   28.8 ±13.3
Monroe County Health Department 99 49 50 45.0 ±9.0 53.8 ±15.5 40.1 ±11.4
Muskegon County Health Department 109 63 46 47.0 ±9.0 62.5 ±16.0 35.1 ±10.2
Oakland County Health Department 668 350 318 39.8 ±3.1 49.9 ±5.4 32.9 ±3.7
Ottawa County Health Department 110 62 48 31.0 ±5.9 39.9 ±10.1 24.0 ±7.0
Bay County Health Department 103 54 49 67.7 ±13.5 80.6 ±22.2 58.2 ±17.5
Saginaw County Health Department 136 66 70 48.4 ±8.3 57.0 ±14.0 43.8 ±10.7
Shiawassee County Health Department 37 14 23 36.7 ±12.0 *   40.5 ±16.6
St. Clair County Health Department 133 79 54 58.2 ±10.1 78.5 ±18.0 42.9 ±11.7
Van Buren-Cass County Health Department 95 48 47 57.5 ±12.0 63.0 ±18.5 55.2 ±16.5
Washtenaw County Health Department 108 66 42 25.6 ±4.9 37.2 ±9.1 17.6 ±5.4
Wayne County Health Department 709 358 351 51.1 ±3.8 61.8 ±6.6 44.3 ±4.7
Benzie-Leelanau District Health Department 22 15 7 23.1 ±9.7 *   *  
Northwest Michigan Community Health Agency 65 36 29 35.3 ±9.0 40.6 ±13.8 30.5 ±11.9
Western Upper Peninsula District Health Department 46 25 21 44.9 ±13.8 53.7 ±21.8 40.2 ±19.2
Tuscola County Health Department 36 18 18 43.4 ±14.5 *   *  
Huron County Health Department 22 14 8 41.2 ±18.5 *   *  
Sanilac County Health Department 31 17 14 48.1 ±17.8 *   *  
                   

Note: Age-adjusted death rates are based on age-specific death rates per 100,000 population in specified group. Age-adjusted death rates are computed by the direct method, using the standard population of the age distribution of the total population of the United States as projected for the year 2000. 

Asterisk (*) indicates that data do not meet standards of reliability or precision.

COVID‐19 deaths were classified using ICD-10 U07.1 or U07.2 as the underlying cause of death.

Table generated December 13, 2023.

Source: 2022 Michigan Resident Death File, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.