Leading Causes of Death and Cause-Specific Rates by Age
Michigan Residents Females, 2021
Age Rank and Cause of Death Number Rate
All Ages 1. Diseases of heart 12,065 238.0
2. Malignant neoplasms 10,051 198.2
3. COVID-19 5,916 116.7
4. Cerebrovascular diseases 3,375 66.6
5. Alzheimer's disease 2,910 57.4
  All Causes 55,544 1,095.5
     
Under 1 year 1. Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified 72 143.6
2. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 40 79.8
3. Unintentional injuries 39 77.8
4. Sudden infant death syndrome 18 35.9
5. Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes 15 29.9
  All Causes 299 596.4
     
1-4 Years 1. Accidents 18 8.3
2. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 5 *
3–4. Assault (homicide)
Malignant neoplasms
4 *
5–6. Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
Chronic lower respiratory diseases
2 *
  All Causes 51 23.4
     
5-14 Years 1. Accidents 12 2.0
2. Malignant neoplasms 10 1.7
3–4. Assault (homicide)
Intentional self-harm (suicide)
8 1.4
5. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 7 1.2
  All Causes 71 12.0
     
15-24 Years 1. Accidents 129 20.0
2. Assault (homicide) 39 6.0
3. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 35 5.4
4. COVID-19 17 2.6
5. Malignant neoplasms 14 2.2
  All Causes 315 48.7
     
25-34 Years 1. Accidents 297 45.9
2. COVID-19 65 10.0
3. Assault (homicide) 53 8.2
4. Malignant neoplasms 51 7.9
5. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 47 7.3
  All Causes 742 114.6
     
35-49 Years 1. Malignant neoplasms 418 46.9
2. Accidents 407 45.7
3. COVID-19 328 36.8
4. Diseases of heart 267 30.0
5. Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis 128 14.4
  All Causes 2,297 257.7
     
50-64 Years 1. Malignant neoplasms 2,148 208.2
2. Diseases of heart 1,265 122.6
3. COVID-19 1,197 116.0
4. Accidents 388 37.6
5. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 332 32.2
  All Causes 7,734 749.8
     
65 and Over 1. Diseases of heart 10,487 1,055.8
2. Malignant neoplasms 7,404 745.4
3. COVID-19 4,304 433.3
4. Cerebrovascular diseases 3,086 310.7
5. Alzheimer's disease 2,881 290.0
  All Causes 44,035 4,433.2
     

Note: Age groups do not add to respective totals because records with age not stated are included only in the "All Ages" row. Rates may not agree with those shown elsewhere in this section since records with sex and race not stated were randomly allocated prior to rate calculation for the other tables, and were not included in calculations for this table. Cause-specific rates are per 100,000 population.

Infant deaths were grouped according to 71 rankable causes of infant death from 130 Causes of Infant Death. For other age groups, deaths were grouped according to 50 rankable causes of death from 113 Selected Causes of Death. See ICD-10 Cause of Death Lists of Tabulating Mortality Statistics for a detailed lists of ICD-10 groupings.

Source: 2021 Michigan Resident Death File, Division for Vital Records & Health Statistics, Michigan Department of Health & Human Services; Population Estimate (latest update 7/2020), National Center for Health Statistics, U.S. Census Populations With Bridged Race Categories
2020-2022 population is 2020 CDC Bridge estimates proportionally fitted to U.S. Census population estimates. .