Leading Causes of Death and Cause-Specific Rates by Age
Michigan Residents Females, 2024
Age Rank and Cause of Death Number Rate
All Ages 1. Diseases of heart 12,069 235.9
2. Malignant neoplasms 10,089 197.2
3. Cerebrovascular diseases 3,577 69.9
4. Alzheimer's disease 2,860 55.9
5. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 2,769 54.1
  All Causes 49,831 973.8
     
Under 1 year 1. Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified 61 125.4
2. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 48 98.7
3. Unintentional injuries 27 55.5
4. Sudden infant death syndrome 16 32.9
5. Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy 14 28.8
  All Causes 267 548.9
     
1-4 Years 1. Accidents 13 6.2
2. Assault (homicide) 5 *
3. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 3 *
4–5. Influenza and pneumonia
Malignant neoplasms
2 *
  All Causes 36 17.2
     
5-14 Years 1–2. Accidents
Malignant neoplasms
9 1.5
3. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 7 1.2
4. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 6 1.0
5–6. Assault (homicide)
Influenza and pneumonia
4 *
  All Causes 67 11.5
     
15-24 Years 1. Accidents 67 10.3
2. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 36 5.5
3. Assault (homicide) 17 2.6
4. Malignant neoplasms 16 2.5
5–6. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
Diseases of heart
9 1.4
  All Causes 197 30.4
     
25-34 Years 1. Accidents 148 22.4
2. Malignant neoplasms 66 10.0
3. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 45 6.8
4. Diseases of heart 32 4.9
5. Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis 18 2.7
  All Causes 478 72.5
     
35-49 Years 1. Malignant neoplasms 357 39.1
2. Accidents 296 32.4
3. Diseases of heart 238 26.1
4. Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis 106 11.6
5. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 69 7.6
  All Causes 1,765 193.4
     
50-64 Years 1. Malignant neoplasms 2,044 208.9
2. Diseases of heart 1,084 110.8
3. Accidents 299 30.6
4. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 293 30.0
5. Diabetes mellitus 218 22.3
  All Causes 5,845 597.5
     
65 and Over 1. Diseases of heart 10,698 991.9
2. Malignant neoplasms 7,594 704.1
3. Cerebrovascular diseases 3,352 310.8
4. Alzheimer's disease 2,842 263.5
5. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 2,446 226.8
  All Causes 41,176 3,817.8
     

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: 2024 Michigan Resident Death File, Division for Vital Records & Health Statistics, Michigan Department of Health & Human Services; Population Estimates by Age and Race (latest update 7/2025), U.S Census Bureau. .