Number of Deaths and Age-adjusted Mortality Rates for the Ten Leading Causes of Death,
Jackson County,
Michigan and United States Residents, 2023

Michigan Rank & Cause of Death Number of Deaths Age-adjusted Mortality Rates
Jackson MI U.S. Jackson MI U.S.
All Causes of Death1,817   103,359   3,090,964   858.6 801.1 753.3
1. Heart Disease435   26,165   681,158   201.5 199.2 162.1
2. Cancer389   20,915   613,369   172.3 151.9 143.6
3. Unintentional Injuries45   6,206   223,438   26.6 56.7 62.8
4. Stroke102   5,787   162,653   48.6 44.5 38.9
5. Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases133   5,129   145,377   57.5 37.1 33.8
6. Alzheimer's Disease95   4,063   114,054   46.3 32.1 27.4
7. Diabetes Mellitus56   3,160   95,210   24.5 23.4 22.6
8. Kidney Disease38   1,892   55,240   16.7 14.3 13.1
9. COVID-1931   1,633   49,942   14.3 12.5 11.9
10. Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis36   1,597   52,224   17.1 13.1 13.2
       

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 2023.

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).

Source: 2023 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. Provisional Underlying Cause of Death 2023 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released 2024.

Last Updated: 02/03/2025