^PDeaths reported to the Michigan Vital Records office may be delayed by 7 days. Verifying the cause of death, and processing the records from administrative records may further delay the reports of deaths for statistical purposes. The deaths shown in the deaths columns will be lower than the actual year-to-date total.

Most deaths occurring between November 16, 2024 and November 21 2024 do not have a coded cause of death.

¹This table uses rural-urban commuting area (RUCA) codes developed by the Economic Research Service, USDA. RUCA codes classify U.S. census tracts and zip codes using measures of population density, urbanization and daily commuting. For this table, the RUCA codes were grouped into broader categories often used for public health related projects (for more information, see WWAMI Rural Health Research Center.)

²COVID-19 deaths are those deaths coded as ICD-10 U07.1 as an underlying or related cause of death.

³Percent of expected deaths is the number of deaths for all causes for the current week compared to the average number across the same week in 2017–2019.

⁴Pneumonia deaths are those deaths coded ICD-10 codes J12.0-J18.9 as an underlying cause of death or a related cause of death, but excluding any mention of flu.

⁵The decedent was reported as having pneumonia and COVID-19 simulataneously.

⁶Influenza deaths are coded as J09-J11.