Leading Causes of Death and Cause-Specific Rates by Age
Michigan Residents Females, 2023
Age Rank and Cause of Death Number Rate
All Ages 1. Diseases of heart 12,128 239.5
2. Malignant neoplasms 9,923 196.0
3. Cerebrovascular diseases 3,357 66.3
4. Alzheimer's disease 2,823 55.7
5. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 2,778 54.9
  All Causes 49,851 984.5
     
Under 1 year 1. Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified 62 125.0
2. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 52 104.8
3. Unintentional injuries 29 58.5
4. Sudden infant death syndrome 20 40.3
5. Bacterial sepsis of newborn 13 26.2
  All Causes 274 552.4
     
1-4 Years 1. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 12 5.7
2. Accidents 10 4.8
3. Assault (homicide) 5 *
4. Malignant neoplasms 4 *
5. Cerebrovascular diseases 3 *
  All Causes 56 26.8
     
5-14 Years 1. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 12 2.1
2. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 10 1.7
3. Accidents 8 1.4
4. Malignant neoplasms 7 1.2
5. Assault (homicide) 4 *
  All Causes 59 10.2
     
15-24 Years 1. Accidents 88 13.7
2. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 42 6.5
3. Malignant neoplasms 24 3.7
4. Assault (homicide) 21 3.3
5. Diseases of heart 11 1.7
  All Causes 259 40.4
     
25-34 Years 1. Accidents 234 36.1
2–3. Diseases of heart
Intentional self-harm (suicide)
45 6.9
4. Malignant neoplasms 40 6.2
5. Assault (homicide) 35 5.4
  All Causes 626 96.6
     
35-49 Years 1. Accidents 368 41.2
2. Malignant neoplasms 359 40.2
3. Diseases of heart 226 25.3
4. Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis 123 13.8
5. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 80 9.0
  All Causes 1,797 201.3
     
50-64 Years 1. Malignant neoplasms 2,048 206.0
2. Diseases of heart 1,092 109.8
3. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 376 37.8
4. Accidents 350 35.2
5. Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis 230 23.1
  All Causes 6,138 617.4
     
65 and Over 1. Diseases of heart 10,752 1,025.8
2. Malignant neoplasms 7,440 709.8
3. Cerebrovascular diseases 3,116 297.3
4. Alzheimer's disease 2,802 267.3
5. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 2,365 225.6
  All Causes 40,642 3,877.6
     

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: 2023 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. .