Profile of Macomb County, 2023
POPULATION  
  As of July 1, 2023 875,101
  Rank Among Counties: 3
  Per Square Mile: 1,821.6
NATALITY  
  Live Births: 8,533
  Teenage Mothers: 174
  Low Weight Births: 805
  First Births: 3,587
MORTALITY  
  Total Deaths: 8,958
  Infant Deaths: 48
  Neonatal Deaths: 33
  Postneonatal Deaths: 15
  Perinatal Deaths: 71
  Fetal Deaths: 44
MARRIAGE  
  Marriages: 3,565
  Marriage Rate: 8.2
DIVORCE  
  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 8,533 9.8 5,812 8.6 1,725 14.0 847 11.4

Total White Black Other
  Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio
Teenage Mothers 174 20.4 73 12.6 86 49.9 11 13.0
Low Weight 805 94.3 425 73.1 265 153.6 87 102.7
Under 1,500 Grams 127 14.9 59 10.2 54 31.3 6 7.1
< 37 weeks Gestation 1,483 173.8 919 158.1 406 235.4 98 115.7
Prenatal Care Began in
First Trimester		 6,934 812.6 4,857 835.7 1,335 773.9 640 755.6

Note: Rate is per 1,000 estimated 2023 population and ratio per 1,000 live births in 2023 in specified group.

INFANT AND PERINATAL MORTALITY BY RACE
  Total White Black Other
  Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio
Infant Deaths 48 5.6 21 3.6 18 10.4 9 10.6
Neonatal Deaths 33 3.9 14 2.4 11 6.4 8 9.4
Postneonatal Deaths 15 1.8 7 1.2 7 4.1 1 *
Perinatal Deaths 71 8.3 33 5.7 27 15.5 6 7.1
Fetal Deaths 44 5.1 22 3.8 16 9.2 1 *

Note: Rate is per 1,000 live births or total births in 2023 in specified group.

MORTALITY
  Total White Black Other
  Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Deaths 8,958 4,501 4,456     7,834 3,928 3,906    825 421 403    282 139 143
Crude Death Rate 10.2 10.5 10.0     11.6 11.7 11.4     6.7 7.5 6.0    3.8 3.8 3.8
 
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 48 5 7 9 15 48 58 227 309 642 1,539 6,051 -
White Male 11 - 2 1 7 25 27 113 140 333 724 2,545 -
White Female 10 1 1 2 1 3 8 58 84 170 562 3,006 -
Black Male 8 - 2 4 2 7 12 25 42 73 107 139 -
Black Female 9 - 1 2 1 7 5 20 27 35 104 192 -
Other Male 1 2 1 - 3 5 1 6 7 17 20 76 -
Other Female 8 2 - - 1 1 4 4 6 12 19 86 -

Note: Rate is per 100,000, 2023 population in specified group.

LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH

 LEADING HOSPITAL DISCHARGES--2022
  Deaths Rate   Discharges Rate
Total 8,958   784.8     All Hospitalizations 106,766   1,221.3
Heart Disease 2,312   199.4     Heart Diseases 11,990   137.2
Cancer 1,816   150.7     Newborns and Neonates (Less than 7 days) 8,888   101.7
Accidents 447   45.9     Females with Deliveries 8,234   94.2
Stroke 476   40.7     Injury and Poisoning 9,330   106.7
C.L.R.D. 415   33.8     Septicemia 6,742   77.1
Alzheimer's 284   25.2     Cerebrovascular Diseases 3,095   35.4
Diabetes Mellitus 314   26.9     Cancer (Malignant Neoplasms) 3,190   36.5
Kidney Disease 193   16.6     Covid-19 3,653   41.8
COVID-19 153   13.2     Hypertensions 2,774   31.7
Cirrhosis 127   11.6     Diabetes Mellitus 2,114   24.2

Children Ages 1-19
Children Ages 1-19
 
Deaths
Rate
Discharges
Rate
Total 36   19.2     All Hospitalizations 11,275   602.2
Accidents 6   3.2     Injury and Poisoning 462   24.7
Assault (Homicide) 8   4.3     Females with Deliveries 147   7.9
Suicide 1   *     Asthma 245   13.1
Cancer 5   *     Mood (affective) Disorders 143   7.6
Congenital malformations 2   *     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, 2023 population in specified group.