Number of Deaths and Age-adjusted Mortality Rates for the Ten Leading Causes of Death,
Flint City and Michigan, 2016 and United States Residents, 2017

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 Death1,051   96,577   2,813,503   1,128.4 786.9 731.9
1. Heart Disease270   25,324   647,457   297.1 200.4 165.0
2. Cancer207   20,967   599,108   218.2 166.8 152.5
3. Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases61   5,602   160,201   65.9 44.6 40.9
4. Unintentional Injuries90   5,351   169,936   95.2 50.7 49.4
5. Stroke75   4,892   146,383   85.1 39.1 37.6
6. Alzheimer's Disease23   4,274   121,404   27.6 33.8 31.0
7. Diabetes Mellitus42   2,681   83,564   43.8 21.5 21.5
8. Kidney Disease32   1,807   50,633   35.9 14.4 13.0
9. Pneumonia/Influenza11   1,677   55,672   * 13.7 14.3
10. Intentional Self-harm (Suicide)7   1,371   47,173   * 13.3 14.0
       

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 2016.

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: 2016 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. .

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Underlying Cause of Death 1999-2016 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released 2018.

Last Updated: 02/03/2025