Crude Death Rates for Ten Leading Causes by Sex
City Of Detroit Health Department,
Michigan Residents, 2018

Cause of Death All Races White Black
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
All Causes of Death1,094.51,234.1969.1776.2877.1666.31,151.61,304.91,018.7
1. Heart Disease334.4386.4287.7256.9322.5185.6351.6404.6305.7
2. Cancer192.8200.4186.1117.8115.0120.7205.8217.9195.4
3. Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases35.136.833.642.841.144.734.135.932.5
4. Unintentional Injuries85.9117.457.587.8106.867.183.2115.755.0
5. Stroke50.546.554.026.824.629.154.851.158.1
6. Alzheimer's Disease16.910.123.18.6*15.718.711.624.9
7. Diabetes Mellitus30.632.528.919.328.8*32.633.132.2
8. Kidney Disease24.826.023.711.8*15.726.929.924.2
9. Pneumonia/Influenza22.925.720.417.116.417.923.726.321.4
10. Intentional Self-harm (Suicide)8.815.62.610.716.4*8.014.42.4
All Other Causes291.8336.7251.5176.6195.1156.5312.2364.3267.0
          

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 2018.

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

*:  An asterisk (*) indicates that the data do not meet standards of reliability or precision.

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: 2018 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. .
Last Updated: 02/03/2025