Table 11
Number and Age-Adjusted Rate of COVID‐19 Deaths
by Sex and Local Health Department,
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 County Health Department 20 10 10 92.5 ±41.3 *   *  
City of Detroit Health Department 398 178 220 66.4 ±6.6 75.7 ±11.4 60.3 ±8.1
Genesee County Health Department 62 26 36 70.7 ±18.0 71.8 ±28.5 70.6 ±23.6
Ingham County Health Department 22 10 12 81.9 ±35.3 *   *  
Kent County Health Department 24 16 8 37.4 ±15.3 *   *  
Macomb County Health Department 46 13 33 56.0 ±18.2 *   61.3 ±22.4
Oakland County Health Department 106 50 56 49.8 ±9.8 61.7 ±17.9 44.3 ±12.1
Washtenaw County Health Department 20 9 11 49.2 ±22.1 *   *  
Wayne County Health Department 100 40 60 68.0 ±13.6 71.0 ±22.7 66.9 ±17.3
           

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.