Number of Deaths and Age-adjusted Mortality Rates for the Ten Leading Causes of Death,
Flint City and Michigan and United States Residents, 2008

Michigan Rank & Cause of Death Number of Deaths Age-adjusted Mortality Rates
Flint City MI U.S. Flint City MI U.S.
All Causes of Death1,111   88,272   2,471,984   1,130.9 810.4 774.9
1. Heart Disease306   24,369   616,828   315.8 220.7 192.1
2. Cancer240   20,159   565,469   242.7 183.9 176.4
3. Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases76   5,161   141,090   78.7 47.6 44.7
4. Stroke59   4,650   134,148   61.7 42.3 42.1
5. Unintentional Injuries60   3,679   121,902   56.8 35.6 39.2
6. Diabetes Mellitus46   2,749   70,553   48.4 25.2 22.0
7. Alzheimer's Disease26   2,734   82,435   28.6 24.8 25.8
8. Pneumonia/Influenza18   1,875   56,284   * 17.1 17.6
9. Kidney Disease19   1,659   48,237   * 15.1 15.1
10. Intentional Self-harm (Suicide)9   1,173   36,035   * 11.7 11.6
       

Note: Rates are per 100,000 population. The causes of death are listed in order of the 10 leading causes of death for Michigan residents in 2008.

Death records with race/sex not stated are included only in the "Total" column.

*:  An asterisk (*) indicates that the data do not meet standards of reliability or precision.

Data displayed are by the underlying cause of death which is the condition giving rise to the chain of events leading to death. Causes of death are classified in accordance with the Tenth Revision of the International Classifications of Diseases (ICD-10), a coding structure developed by the World Health Organization. This revision has been used to classify deaths occurring on or after January 1, 1999. The ICD-10 codes are grouped into broader categories for the causes listed in this table in order to classify these selected causes of death (e.g., ICD-10 codes C00-C97 are used to indicate deaths due to cancer).

Minor Civil Division (MCD) means city, township or village.

During the late 2000s, the Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics (DVRHS) recoded the decedents' residency reported on the death certificate using geocoding--the process of converting addresses to geographic coordinates. The division recoded data in order to improve the accuracy of small area health statistics. Statistics on this table reflect the geocoded data and will vary from pre-2011 releases of MCD data based on the reported residency.

Source: 2008 Geocoded Michigan Death Certificate Registry.     Division for Vital Records & Health Statistics, Michigan Department of Health & Human Services; Population Estimate (latest update 7/2020), National Center for Health Statistics, U.S. Census Populations With Bridged Race Categories
2020-2022 population is 2020 CDC Bridge estimates proportionally fitted to U.S. Census population estimates. .

CDC/NCHS, National Vital Statistics System. "Deaths, Percent of Total Deaths, and Death Rates for the 15 Leading Causes of Death in 5-year Age Groups, by Race and Sex: United States, 1999-2008" 12/14/2011.

Last Updated: 02/03/2025