Number of Deaths and Age-adjusted Mortality Rates for the Ten Leading Causes of Death,
Flint City and Michigan and United States Residents, 2009

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 Death1,119   86,310   2,437,163   1,154.2 781.8 749.6
1. Heart Disease279   23,044   599,413   294.8 205.0 182.8
2. Cancer255   20,174   567,628   265.3 181.5 173.5
3. Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases66   4,941   137,353   68.6 44.8 42.7
4. Stroke48   4,415   128,842   52.1 39.6 39.6
5. Unintentional Injuries61   3,671   118,021   58.5 35.7 37.5
6. Diabetes Mellitus50   2,689   68,705   51.7 24.2 21.0
7. Alzheimer's Disease25   2,552   79,003   28.4 22.6 24.2
8. Kidney Disease30   1,699   48,935   31.6 15.4 15.1
9. Pneumonia/Influenza11   1,585   53,692   * 14.2 16.5
10. Intentional Self-harm (Suicide)12   1,164   36,909   * 11.4 11.8
       

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 2009.

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: 2009 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. .

National Center For Health Statistics,Deaths: Preliminary Data for 2010. National vital statistics reports; vol 60 no 4. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. January 2012.

Last Updated: 02/03/2025