Profile of Wayne County, 2024
POPULATION  
  As of July 1, 2024 1,771,063
  Rank Among Counties: 1
  Per Square Mile: 2,883.5
NATALITY  
  Live Births: 19,730
  Teenage Mothers: 785
  Low Weight Births: 2,275
  First Births: 7,125
MORTALITY  
  Total Deaths: 17,937
  Infant Deaths: 185
  Neonatal Deaths: 119
  Postneonatal Deaths: 66
  Perinatal Deaths: 214
  Fetal Deaths: 113
MARRIAGE 2023  
  Marriages: 6,498
  Marriage Rate: 7.4
DIVORCE 2023  
  Divorces: 2,159
  Divorce Rate: 2.5

NATALITY BY RACE OF MOTHER
  Total White Black Other
  Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate
Live Births 19,730 11.1 7,754 8.0 7,247 10.9 4,620 33.5

Total White Black Other
  Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio
Teenage Mothers 785 39.8 159 20.5 497 68.6 124 26.8
Low Weight 2,275 115.3 577 74.4 1,272 175.5 415 89.8
Under 1,500 Grams 387 19.6 93 12.0 245 33.8 49 10.6
< 37 weeks Gestation 2,730 138.4 829 106.9 1,407 194.1 482 104.3
Prenatal Care Began in
First Trimester		 15,212 771.0 6,131 790.7 5,312 733.0 3,697 800.2

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 185 9.4 43 5.5 118 16.3 23 5.0
Neonatal Deaths 119 6.0 26 3.4 73 10.1 19 4.1
Postneonatal Deaths 66 3.3 17 2.2 45 6.2 4 *
Perinatal Deaths 214 10.8 47 6.0 129 17.6 17 3.7
Fetal Deaths 113 5.7 25 3.2 66 9.0 2 *

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 17,937 9,295 8,641     9,586 4,902 4,684    7,573 3,957 3,615    758 424 334
Crude Death Rate 10.1 10.9 9.4     9.9 10.2 9.6     11.4 12.9 10.1    5.5 6.3 4.8
 
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 185 26 19 20 72 111 168 546 867 1,744 3,474 10,705 -
White Male 27 4 3 4 20 22 40 126 195 469 972 3,020 -
White Female 16 4 4 1 7 14 15 59 120 245 675 3,524 -
Black Male 60 8 4 8 31 47 68 233 290 549 993 1,666 -
Black Female 57 5 4 6 9 19 27 97 202 386 695 2,108 -
Other Male 13 1 2 1 3 7 12 21 38 63 81 182 -
Other Female 10 4 2 - 1 2 6 9 21 32 54 193 -

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

LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH

 LEADING HOSPITAL DISCHARGES--2022
  Deaths Rate   Discharges Rate
Total 17,937   850.7     All Hospitalizations 237,240   1,350.2
Heart Disease 4,979   230.8     Heart Diseases 25,797   146.8
Cancer 3,524   158.3     Newborns and Neonates (Less than 7 days) 21,386   121.7
Stroke 1,045   49.9     Females with Deliveries 19,962   113.6
Accidents 1,022   54.3     Injury and Poisoning 20,400   116.1
C.L.R.D. 717   32.2     Septicemia 14,525   82.7
Alzheimer's 445   21.9     Cerebrovascular Diseases 6,709   38.2
Diabetes Mellitus 573   26.6     Cancer (Malignant Neoplasms) 6,183   35.2
Kidney Disease 374   17.5     Covid-19 6,783   38.6
Cirrhosis 248   11.9     Hypertensions 7,148   40.7
Suicide 211   12.0     Diabetes Mellitus 6,332   36.0

Children Ages 1-19
Children Ages 1-19
 
Deaths
Rate
Discharges
Rate
Total 137   31.7     All Hospitalizations 28,897   673.4
Accidents 35   8.1     Injury and Poisoning 1,087   25.3
Assault (Homicide) 32   7.4     Females with Deliveries 896   20.9
Suicide 13   3.0     Asthma 862   20.1
Cancer 7   1.6     Mood (affective) Disorders 341   8.0
Congenital malformations 5   *     Acute Lower Respiratory Infections - Except Brochi 455   10.6

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.