Profile of Oakland County, 2024
POPULATION  
  As of July 1, 2024 1,296,888
  Rank Among Counties: 2
  Per Square Mile: 1,486.4
NATALITY  
  Live Births: 12,233
  Teenage Mothers: 162
  Low Weight Births: 1,007
  First Births: 5,319
MORTALITY  
  Total Deaths: 11,161
  Infant Deaths: 55
  Neonatal Deaths: 43
  Postneonatal Deaths: 12
  Perinatal Deaths: 103
  Fetal Deaths: 64
MARRIAGE 2023  
  Marriages: 5,659
  Marriage Rate: 8.9
DIVORCE 2023  
  Divorces: 2,317
  Divorce Rate: 3.7

NATALITY BY RACE OF MOTHER
  Total White Black Other
  Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate
Live Births 12,233 9.4 8,534 9.0 1,571 8.8 2,069 12.4

Total White Black Other
  Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio
Teenage Mothers 162 13.2 74 8.7 70 44.6 18 8.7
Low Weight 1,007 82.3 571 66.9 231 147.0 201 97.1
Under 1,500 Grams 161 13.2 95 11.1 38 24.2 28 13.5
< 37 weeks Gestation 1,330 108.7 851 99.7 265 168.7 205 99.1
Prenatal Care Began in
First Trimester		 10,110 826.5 7,234 847.7 1,150 732.0 1,680 812.0

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 55 4.5 29 3.4 16 10.2 10 4.8
Neonatal Deaths 43 3.5 24 2.8 11 7.0 8 3.9
Postneonatal Deaths 12 1.0 5 * 5 * 2 *
Perinatal Deaths 103 8.4 64 7.5 30 18.9 7 3.4
Fetal Deaths 64 5.2 40 4.7 19 11.9 3 *

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 11,161 5,452 5,709     8,952 4,374 4,578    1,720 812 908    472 256 216
Crude Death Rate 8.6 8.5 8.7     9.4 9.2 9.6     9.6 10.1 9.2    2.8 3.0 2.6
 
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 55 7 8 5 21 38 43 195 308 749 1,611 8,121 -
White Male 16 6 2 2 10 13 16 81 132 345 723 3,028 -
White Female 13 - 3 1 2 6 10 49 75 202 512 3,705 -
Black Male 10 - - 2 5 12 8 29 43 94 158 451 -
Black Female 6 - - - 3 4 4 24 26 72 143 626 -
Other Male 4 - 3 - 1 2 3 9 19 21 50 144 -
Other Female 6 1 - - - 1 1 3 12 14 22 156 -

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

LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH

 LEADING HOSPITAL DISCHARGES--2022
  Deaths Rate   Discharges Rate
Total 11,161   650.0     All Hospitalizations 137,254   1,081.2
Heart Disease 3,006   173.6     Heart Diseases 14,726   116.0
Cancer 2,344   130.0     Newborns and Neonates (Less than 7 days) 12,788   100.7
Stroke 723   42.2     Females with Deliveries 11,646   91.7
Accidents 453   28.9     Injury and Poisoning 12,306   96.9
C.L.R.D. 533   29.7     Septicemia 7,904   62.3
Alzheimer's 375   22.2     Cerebrovascular Diseases 3,759   29.6
Diabetes Mellitus 350   19.6     Cancer (Malignant Neoplasms) 4,191   33.0
Kidney Disease 245   13.8     Covid-19 3,978   31.3
Cirrhosis 151   9.5     Hypertensions 3,270   25.8
Suicide 150   10.1     Diabetes Mellitus 2,375   18.7

Children Ages 1-19
Children Ages 1-19
 
Deaths
Rate
Discharges
Rate
Total 41   15.1     All Hospitalizations 14,097   525.6
Accidents 10   3.7     Injury and Poisoning 509   19.0
Assault (Homicide) 2   *     Females with Deliveries 160   6.0
Suicide 7   2.6     Asthma 279   10.4
Cancer 3   *     Mood (affective) Disorders 208   7.8
Congenital malformations 1   *     Acute Lower Respiratory Infections - Except Brochi 218   8.1

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.