Table 8
Number and Age-Adjusted Rate of COVID‐19 Deaths
by Sex and Selected County,
Black Michigan Residents, 2022
County Deaths Age-Adjusted Rate
Total Male Female Total Male Female
Michigan 893 402 491 61.1 ±4.1 69.9 ±7.1 56.5 ±5.1
Berrien 20 10 10 92.5 ±41.3 *   *  
Genesee 62 26 36 70.7 ±18.0 71.8 ±28.5 70.6 ±23.6
Ingham 22 10 12 81.9 ±35.3 *   *  
Kent 24 16 8 37.4 ±15.3 *   *  
Macomb 46 13 33 56.0 ±18.2 *   61.3 ±22.4
Oakland 106 50 56 49.8 ±9.8 61.7 ±17.9 44.3 ±12.1
Washtenaw 20 9 11 49.2 ±22.1 *   *  
Wayne 498 218 280 66.5 ±5.9 74.3 ±10.1 61.8 ±7.4
                   

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.