Number of Deaths and Age-adjusted Mortality Rates for the Ten Leading Causes of Death,
Jackson County and Michigan 2024,
and United States Residents, 2024

Michigan Rank & Cause of Death Number of Deaths Age-adjusted Mortality Rates
Jackson MI U.S. Jackson MI U.S.
All Causes of Death1,851   102,848   3,072,666   847.0 775.0 744.1
1. Heart Disease450   26,221   683,492   203.9 194.5 162.7
2. Cancer385   21,171   619,876   170.9 150.5 143.5
3. Stroke102   6,151   166,855   46.6 46.1 40.0
4. Unintentional Injuries83   5,435   197,448   44.6 47.8 54.4
5. Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases110   5,258   145,643   46.9 36.9 33.5
6. Alzheimer's Disease92   4,165   116,022   42.0 31.7 28.2
7. Diabetes Mellitus66   3,225   94,445   29.2 23.5 22.3
8. Kidney Disease43   1,966   55,081   18.7 14.4 13.0
9. Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis33   1,562   52,274   16.0 12.5 13.0
10. Intentional Self-harm (Suicide)23   1,443   48,821   13.5 13.6 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 2024.

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: 2024 Geocoded Michigan Death Certificate Registry.     Division for Vital Records & Health Statistics, Michigan Department of Health & Human Services; Population Estimates by Age and Race (latest update 7/2025), U.S Census Bureau. .

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Provisional Underlying Cause of Death 2024 on CDC WONDER Online Database, provisional, released 2025.

Last Updated: 02/03/2025