Profile of Wayne County, 2023
POPULATION  
  As of July 1, 2023 1,751,169
  Rank Among Counties: 1
  Per Square Mile: 2,851.1
NATALITY  
  Live Births: 20,051
  Teenage Mothers: 867
  Low Weight Births: 2,367
  First Births: 7,419
MORTALITY  
  Total Deaths: 18,023
  Infant Deaths: 178
  Neonatal Deaths: 115
  Postneonatal Deaths: 63
  Perinatal Deaths: 210
  Fetal Deaths: 116
MARRIAGE  
  Marriages: 6,498
  Marriage Rate: 7.4
DIVORCE  
  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 20,051 11.5 9,828 10.3 8,128 12.2 1,901 15.1

Total White Black Other
  Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio
Teenage Mothers 867 43.2 222 22.6 575 70.7 59 31.0
Low Weight 2,367 118.0 752 76.5 1,373 168.9 212 111.5
Under 1,500 Grams 413 20.6 99 10.1 265 32.6 38 20.0
< 37 weeks Gestation 3,428 171.0 1,259 128.1 1,828 224.9 268 141.0
Prenatal Care Began in
First Trimester		 15,443 770.2 7,776 791.2 6,069 746.7 1,473 774.9

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 178 8.9 45 4.6 104 12.8 22 11.6
Neonatal Deaths 115 5.7 32 3.3 60 7.4 17 8.9
Postneonatal Deaths 63 3.1 13 1.3 44 5.4 5 *
Perinatal Deaths 210 10.4 57 5.8 112 13.7 19 10.0
Fetal Deaths 116 5.8 32 3.2 63 7.7 4 *

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 18,023 9,425 8,598     9,619 4,947 4,672    7,657 4,055 3,602    711 399 312
Crude Death Rate 10.3 11.1 9.5     10.0 10.4 9.7     11.5 13.2 10.0    5.6 6.5 4.9
 
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 178 32 18 28 77 129 212 663 864 1,838 3,674 10,310 -
White Male 28 10 4 5 11 28 32 152 203 468 1,041 2,965 -
White Female 17 2 1 2 6 11 23 75 113 303 672 3,447 -
Black Male 59 11 9 12 43 49 97 263 322 586 1,060 1,544 -
Black Female 45 5 3 6 11 26 41 127 180 385 770 2,003 -
Other Male 10 2 1 2 4 7 15 29 28 60 79 162 -
Other Female 12 2 - 1 2 8 4 15 15 30 44 179 -

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

LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH

 LEADING HOSPITAL DISCHARGES--2022
  Deaths Rate   Discharges Rate
Total 18,023   872.4     All Hospitalizations 237,240   1,350.2
Heart Disease 4,796   226.3     Heart Diseases 25,797   146.8
Cancer 3,410   155.7     Newborns and Neonates (Less than 7 days) 21,386   121.7
Accidents 1,392   75.5     Females with Deliveries 19,962   113.6
Stroke 962   46.4     Injury and Poisoning 20,400   116.1
C.L.R.D. 726   33.4     Septicemia 14,525   82.7
Alzheimer's 442   22.1     Cerebrovascular Diseases 6,709   38.2
Diabetes Mellitus 514   24.0     Cancer (Malignant Neoplasms) 6,183   35.2
Kidney Disease 374   17.8     Covid-19 6,783   38.6
COVID-19 278   13.4     Hypertensions 7,148   40.7
Cirrhosis 232   11.4     Diabetes Mellitus 6,332   36.0

Children Ages 1-19
Children Ages 1-19
 
Deaths
Rate
Discharges
Rate
Total 155   36.0     All Hospitalizations 28,897   673.4
Accidents 25   5.8     Injury and Poisoning 1,087   25.3
Assault (Homicide) 15   3.5     Females with Deliveries 896   20.9
Suicide 41   9.5     Asthma 862   20.1
Cancer 10   2.3     Mood (affective) Disorders 341   8.0
Congenital malformations 11   2.6     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, 2023 population in specified group.