Profile of City Of Detroit Health Department, 2024
POPULATION  
  As of July 1, 2024 645,710
  Rank Among Health Districts: 5
  Per Square Mile: 4,652.1
NATALITY  
  Live Births: 7,456
  Teenage Mothers: 539
  Low Weight Births: 1,221
  First Births: 2,456
MORTALITY  
  Total Deaths: 6,866
  Infant Deaths: 120
  Neonatal Deaths: 75
  Postneonatal Deaths: 45
  Perinatal Deaths: 132
  Fetal Deaths: 67
   
     
     
   
     
     

NATALITY BY RACE OF MOTHER
  Total White Black Other
  Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate
Live Births 7,456 11.5 915 7.4 5,260 10.4 1,243 84.6

Total White Black Other
  Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio
Teenage Mothers 539 72.3 39 42.6 422 80.2 75 60.3
Low Weight 1,221 163.8 80 87.4 1,017 193.3 118 94.9
Under 1,500 Grams 238 31.9 17 18.6 202 38.4 19 15.3
< 37 weeks Gestation 1,357 182.0 105 114.8 1,101 209.3 143 115.0
Prenatal Care Began in
First Trimester		 5,296 710.3 556 607.7 3,819 726.0 898 722.4

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 120 16.1 6 6.6 99 18.8 14 11.3
Neonatal Deaths 75 10.1 4 * 59 11.2 11 8.8
Postneonatal Deaths 45 6.0 2 * 40 7.6 3 *
Perinatal Deaths 132 17.5 8 8.7 107 20.1 10 8.0
Fetal Deaths 67 8.9 5 * 56 10.5 - -

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 6,866 3,689 3,176     627 389 238    5,934 3,112 2,821    295 181 114
Crude Death Rate 10.6 11.9 9.4     5.1 6.6 3.7     11.7 12.8 10.7    20.1 25.7 14.9
 
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 120 16 11 13 40 60 95 315 474 875 1,523 3,324 -
White Male 4 - 1 1 3 1 3 14 30 60 108 164 -
White Female 2 1 1 - 1 1 1 9 19 26 51 126 -
Black Male 51 8 3 7 25 39 56 192 239 436 768 1,288 -
Black Female 47 5 4 5 8 16 22 83 155 312 538 1,626 -
Other Male 8 - 1 - 3 3 8 13 21 29 40 55 -
Other Female 6 2 1 - - - 5 4 9 12 16 59 -

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

LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH

 LEADING HOSPITAL DISCHARGES--2024
  Deaths Rate   Discharges Rate
Total 6,866   975.6     All Hospitalizations 332,064   5,201.6
Heart Disease 1,992   276.3     Heart Diseases 11,417   178.8
Cancer 1,223   163.3     Newborns and Neonates (Less than 7 days) 8,809   138.0
Stroke 337   49.1     Females with Deliveries 8,338   130.6
Accidents 501   74.5     Injury and Poisoning 9,058   141.9
C.L.R.D. 206   28.0     Septicemia 6,265   98.1
Alzheimer's 106   16.8     Cerebrovascular Diseases 3,060   47.9
Diabetes Mellitus 220   31.6     Cancer (Malignant Neoplasms) 2,322   36.4
Kidney Disease 169   24.0     Covid-19 2,758   43.2
Cirrhosis 99   13.9     Hypertensions 3,946   61.8
Suicide 66   10.4     Diabetes Mellitus 3,487   54.6

Children Ages 1-19
Children Ages 1-19
 
Deaths
Rate
Discharges
Rate
Total 80   48.0     All Hospitalizations 15,389   916.1
Accidents 15   9.0     Injury and Poisoning 607   36.1
Assault (Homicide) 29   17.4     Females with Deliveries 606   36.1
Suicide 2   *     Asthma 579   34.5
Cancer 4   *     Mood (affective) Disorders 272   16.2
Congenital malformations 2   *     Acute Lower Respiratory Infections - Except Brochi 256   15.2

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.