Profile of Macomb County, 2024
POPULATION  
  As of July 1, 2024 886,175
  Rank Among Counties: 3
  Per Square Mile: 1,844.7
NATALITY  
  Live Births: 8,522
  Teenage Mothers: 172
  Low Weight Births: 764
  First Births: 3,581
MORTALITY  
  Total Deaths: 9,163
  Infant Deaths: 47
  Neonatal Deaths: 33
  Postneonatal Deaths: 14
  Perinatal Deaths: 76
  Fetal Deaths: 50
MARRIAGE 2023  
  Marriages: 3,565
  Marriage Rate: 8.2
DIVORCE 2023  
  Divorces: 1,453
  Divorce Rate: 3.3

NATALITY BY RACE OF MOTHER
  Total White Black Other
  Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate
Live Births 8,522 9.6 5,614 8.3 1,553 12.3 1,316 16.3

Total White Black Other
  Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio
Teenage Mothers 172 20.2 71 12.6 77 49.6 21 16.0
Low Weight 764 89.7 378 67.3 243 156.5 140 106.4
Under 1,500 Grams 111 13.0 51 9.1 42 27.0 16 12.2
< 37 weeks Gestation 1,080 126.7 636 113.3 279 179.7 161 122.3
Prenatal Care Began in
First Trimester		 6,679 783.7 4,541 808.9 1,166 750.8 940 714.3

Note: Rate is per 1,000 estimated 2024 population and ratio per 1,000 live births in 2024 in specified group.

INFANT AND PERINATAL MORTALITY BY RACE
  Total White Black Other
  Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio
Infant Deaths 47 5.5 15 2.7 23 14.8 9 6.8
Neonatal Deaths 33 3.9 11 2.0 16 10.3 6 4.6
Postneonatal Deaths 14 1.6 4 * 7 4.5 3 *
Perinatal Deaths 76 8.9 32 5.7 31 19.7 13 9.8
Fetal Deaths 50 5.8 25 4.4 17 10.8 8 6.0

Note: Rate is per 1,000 live births or total births in 2024 in specified group.

MORTALITY
  Total White Black Other
  Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Deaths 9,163 4,696 4,467     7,962 4,099 3,863    888 418 470    306 173 133
Crude Death Rate 10.3 10.8 9.9     11.7 12.2 11.3     7.0 7.3 6.8    3.8 4.4 3.2
 
Age in Years
  <1 1-4 5-8 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70+ Unk
Total Deaths 47 4 6 6 22 38 62 190 320 671 1,445 6,352 -
White Male 6 2 1 - 9 15 34 91 169 329 706 2,737 -
White Female 9 - 2 4 3 9 8 45 76 193 482 3,032 -
Black Male 14 - 1 2 4 8 12 21 32 63 84 177 -
Black Female 9 1 - - 3 3 5 19 29 59 110 232 -
Other Male 6 - - - 2 3 2 11 7 18 44 80 -
Other Female 3 1 2 - 1 - 1 3 7 8 17 90 -

Note: Rate is per 100,000, 2024 population in specified group.

LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH

 LEADING HOSPITAL DISCHARGES--2022
  Deaths Rate   Discharges Rate
Total 9,163   781.7     All Hospitalizations 106,766   1,221.3
Heart Disease 2,355   198.2     Heart Diseases 11,990   137.2
Cancer 1,935   155.5     Newborns and Neonates (Less than 7 days) 8,888   101.7
Stroke 514   43.6     Females with Deliveries 8,234   94.2
Accidents 448   44.7     Injury and Poisoning 9,330   106.7
C.L.R.D. 446   36.2     Septicemia 6,742   77.1
Alzheimer's 259   22.1     Cerebrovascular Diseases 3,095   35.4
Diabetes Mellitus 358   29.1     Cancer (Malignant Neoplasms) 3,190   36.5
Kidney Disease 214   17.8     Covid-19 3,653   41.8
Cirrhosis 152   14.0     Hypertensions 2,774   31.7
Suicide 142   15.2     Diabetes Mellitus 2,114   24.2

Children Ages 1-19
Children Ages 1-19
 
Deaths
Rate
Discharges
Rate
Total 38   20.2     All Hospitalizations 11,275   602.2
Accidents 7   3.7     Injury and Poisoning 462   24.7
Assault (Homicide) 4   *     Females with Deliveries 147   7.9
Suicide 5   *     Asthma 245   13.1
Cancer 1   *     Mood (affective) Disorders 143   7.6
Congenital malformations 3   *     Acute Lower Respiratory Infections - Except Brochi 183   9.8

Note: Rates are per 100, 000. Leading causes of death are computed by the direct method, using as the standard population the age distribution of the total population of the United States for the year 2000. Children and discharge data are per 100,000, 2024 population in specified group.