Table 8
Number and Age-Adjusted Rate of COVID‐19 Deaths
by Sex and Selected County,
Black Michigan Residents, 2021
County Deaths Age-Adjusted Rate
Total Male Female Total Male Female
Michigan 2,029 977 1,052 137.4 ±6.1 156.3 ±10.2 123.5 ±7.6
Berrien 34 24 10 158.2 ±54.3 257.0 ±109.0 *  
Genesee 141 78 63 163.8 ±27.8 216.1 ±49.7 126.2 ±31.9
Ingham 49 22 27 161.7 ±47.1 154.5 ±69.8 166.1 ±64.4
Jackson 22 15 7 208.4 ±91.8 *   *  
Kalamazoo 39 19 20 150.0 ±48.8 *   142.2 ±63.9
Kent 56 31 25 102.1 ±28.6 142.0 ±57.7 79.0 ±32.1
Macomb 163 70 93 187.1 ±32.1 218.8 ±64.2 173.6 ±38.1
Muskegon 22 11 11 97.8 ±42.0 *   *  
Oakland 212 92 120 97.6 ±13.6 105.7 ±22.6 91.2 ±16.8
Saginaw 68 27 41 177.5 ±43.6 154.9 ±61.9 196.8 ±62.2
Washtenaw 42 19 23 96.1 ±30.3 *   87.8 ±36.9
Wayne 1,094 515 579 147.1 ±9.0 167.9 ±15.0 131.4 ±11.0
           

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 as the standard population 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 November 1, 2022.


Source: 2021 Michigan Resident Death File, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.