Number of Deaths and Age-adjusted Mortality Rates for the Ten Leading Causes of Death,
Flint City and Michigan and United States Residents, 2021

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 Death1,261   117,756   3,464,231   1,476.6 942.4 879.7
1. Heart Disease245   26,651   695,547   285.3 209.3 173.8
2. Cancer168   21,221   605,213   181.8 160.2 146.6
3. COVID-19140   13,614   416,893   161.6 106.9 104.1
4. Unintentional Injuries149   6,568   224,935   186.5 61.8 64.7
5. Stroke45   5,771   162,890   53.8 46.1 41.1
6. Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases57   5,217   142,342   64.2 39.5 34.7
7. Alzheimer's Disease27   4,197   119,399   35.7 34.3 31.0
8. Diabetes Mellitus55   3,440   103,294   63.2 26.7 25.4
9. Kidney Disease30   1,963   54,358   35.6 15.5 13.6
10. Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis33   1,799   56,585   37.3 15.1 14.5
       

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 2021.

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

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: 2021 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 1999-2021 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released 2023.

Last Updated: 02/03/2025