Table 11
Number and Age-Adjusted Rate of COVID‐19 Deaths
by Sex and Local Health Department,
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 County Health Department 34 24 10 158.2 ±54.3 257.0 ±109.0 *  
City of Detroit Health Department 832 381 451 141.9 ±9.9 156.8 ±16.3 130.7 ±12.5
Genesee County Health Department 141 78 63 163.8 ±27.8 216.1 ±49.7 126.2 ±31.9
Ingham County Health Department 49 22 27 161.7 ±47.1 154.5 ±69.8 166.1 ±64.4
Jackson County Health Department 22 15 7 208.4 ±91.8 *   *  
Kalamazoo County Human Services Department 39 19 20 150.0 ±48.8 *   142.2 ±63.9
Kent County Health Department 56 31 25 102.1 ±28.6 142.0 ±57.7 79.0 ±32.1
Macomb County Health Department 163 70 93 187.1 ±32.1 218.8 ±64.2 173.6 ±38.1
Muskegon County Health Department 22 11 11 97.8 ±42.0 *   *  
Oakland County Health Department 212 92 120 97.6 ±13.6 105.7 ±22.6 91.2 ±16.8
Saginaw County Health Department 68 27 41 177.5 ±43.6 154.9 ±61.9 196.8 ±62.2
Washtenaw County Health Department 42 19 23 96.1 ±30.3 *   87.8 ±36.9
Wayne County Health Department 262 134 128 178.4 ±22.2 223.0 ±39.4 146.2 ±25.9
                   

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.