Number of Deaths and Age-adjusted Mortality Rates for the Ten Leading Causes of Death,
Michigan 2022 and United States Residents, 2022

Michigan Rank & Cause of Death Number of Deaths Age-adjusted Mortality Rates
MI U.S. MI U.S.
All Causes of Death 110,149   3,279,528   852.8 834.3
1. Heart Disease 27,146   703,004   205.4 175.8
2. Cancer 20,970   608,339   153.9 147.6
3. Unintentional Injuries 6,431   227,494   59.2 65.2
4. COVID-19 5,948   385,257   45.0 91.5
5. Stroke 5,775   165,388   44.0 41.8
6. Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 5,273   147,363   38.3 36.0
7. Alzheimer's Disease 4,193   120,109   32.4 31.1
8. Diabetes Mellitus 3,410   101,196   25.6 25.0
9. Kidney Disease 2,091   57,931   15.8 14.5
10. Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 1,662   54,816   13.7 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 2022.

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: 2022 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 1999-2022 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released 2023.

Last Updated: 12/19/2023