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

Michigan Rank & Cause of Death Number of Deaths Age-adjusted Mortality Rates
MI U.S. MI U.S.
All Causes of Death 103,359   3,090,964   801.1 753.3
1. Heart Disease 26,165   681,158   199.2 162.1
2. Cancer 20,915   613,369   151.9 143.6
3. Unintentional Injuries 6,206   223,438   56.7 62.8
4. Stroke 5,787   162,653   44.5 38.9
5. Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 5,129   145,377   37.1 33.8
6. Alzheimer's Disease 4,063   114,054   32.1 27.4
7. Diabetes Mellitus 3,160   95,210   23.4 22.6
8. Kidney Disease 1,892   55,240   14.3 13.1
9. COVID-19 1,633   49,942   12.5 11.9
10. Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 1,597   52,224   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