Profile of City Of Detroit Health Department, 2023
POPULATION  
  As of July 1, 2023 633,224
  Rank Among Health Districts: 5
  Per Square Mile: 4,562.1
NATALITY  
  Live Births: 7,607
  Teenage Mothers: 574
  Low Weight Births: 1,199
  First Births: 2,560
MORTALITY  
  Total Deaths: 6,938
  Infant Deaths: 93
  Neonatal Deaths: 57
  Postneonatal Deaths: 36
  Perinatal Deaths: 103
  Fetal Deaths: 57
   
     
     
   
     
     

NATALITY BY RACE OF MOTHER
  Total White Black Other
  Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate
Live Births 7,607 12.0 1,177 9.8 5,744 11.5 604 41.2

Total White Black Other
  Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio
Teenage Mothers 574 75.5 63 53.5 461 80.3 43 71.2
Low Weight 1,199 157.6 114 96.9 1,008 175.5 61 101.0
Under 1,500 Grams 232 30.5 19 16.1 197 34.3 10 16.6
< 37 weeks Gestation 1,649 216.8 153 130.0 1,372 238.9 81 134.1
Prenatal Care Began in
First Trimester		 5,576 733.0 806 684.8 4,279 745.0 437 723.5

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 93 12.2 4 * 79 13.8 9 14.9
Neonatal Deaths 57 7.5 4 * 46 8.0 6 9.9
Postneonatal Deaths 36 4.7 - - 33 5.7 3 *
Perinatal Deaths 103 13.4 8 6.8 85 14.7 4 *
Fetal Deaths 57 7.4 4 * 48 8.3 - -

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 6,938 3,797 3,141     657 421 236    6,043 3,239 2,804    222 126 96
Crude Death Rate 11.0 12.5 9.5     5.4 7.3 3.7     12.1 13.6 10.8    15.2 18.0 12.6
 
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 93 12 12 18 44 83 129 362 468 894 1,663 3,160 -
White Male 3 1 1 2 2 6 5 15 28 59 136 163 -
White Female 1 - - - - 1 3 12 15 27 45 132 -
Black Male 44 8 8 10 30 42 84 210 263 476 857 1,207 -
Black Female 35 3 2 5 9 23 31 106 145 303 576 1,566 -
Other Male 3 - 1 1 2 4 6 13 10 19 26 41 -
Other Female 6 - - - 1 7 - 5 6 9 19 43 -

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

LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH

 LEADING HOSPITAL DISCHARGES--2022
  Deaths Rate   Discharges Rate
Total 6,938   989.6     All Hospitalizations 332,064   5,201.6
Heart Disease 1,912   264.9     Heart Diseases 11,417   178.8
Cancer 1,139   154.6     Newborns and Neonates (Less than 7 days) 8,809   138.0
Accidents 734   113.2     Females with Deliveries 8,338   130.6
Stroke 348   48.9     Injury and Poisoning 9,058   141.9
C.L.R.D. 246   33.5     Septicemia 6,265   98.1
Alzheimer's 103   15.3     Cerebrovascular Diseases 3,060   47.9
Diabetes Mellitus 208   29.1     Cancer (Malignant Neoplasms) 2,322   36.4
Kidney Disease 166   23.1     Covid-19 2,758   43.2
COVID-19 73   10.2     Hypertensions 3,946   61.8
Cirrhosis 77   11.1     Diabetes Mellitus 3,487   54.6

Children Ages 1-19
Children Ages 1-19
 
Deaths
Rate
Discharges
Rate
Total 86   51.5     All Hospitalizations 15,389   916.1
Accidents 13   7.8     Injury and Poisoning 607   36.1
Assault (Homicide) 6   3.6     Females with Deliveries 606   36.1
Suicide 28   16.8     Asthma 579   34.5
Cancer 2   *     Mood (affective) Disorders 272   16.2
Congenital malformations 6   3.6     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, 2023 population in specified group.