Leading Causes of Death and Cause-Specific Rates by Age
Michigan Residents Females, 2025
Age Rank and Cause of Death Number Rate
All Ages 1. Diseases of heart 12,191 237.4
2. Malignant neoplasms 10,274 200.1
3. Cerebrovascular diseases 3,809 74.2
4. Alzheimer's disease 3,063 59.7
5. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 2,841 55.3
  All Causes 51,128 995.7
     
Under 1 year 1. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 53 110.1
2. Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified 51 106.0
3. Unintentional injuries 39 81.0
4. Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy 11 22.9
5. Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes 9 18.7
  All Causes 287 596.3
     
1-4 Years 1. Accidents 13 6.4
2. Malignant neoplasms 4 *
3–5. Assault (homicide)
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
Influenza and pneumonia
2 *
  All Causes 40 19.7
     
5-14 Years 1. Accidents 21 3.7
2. Malignant neoplasms 7 1.2
3. Assault (homicide) 6 1.0
4. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 4 *
5. Anemias 3 *
  All Causes 71 12.4
     
15-24 Years 1. Accidents 54 8.4
2. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 43 6.7
3. Assault (homicide) 21 3.3
4. Malignant neoplasms 18 2.8
5. Cerebrovascular diseases 7 1.1
  All Causes 201 31.2
     
25-34 Years 1. Accidents 126 19.5
2. Malignant neoplasms 68 10.5
3. Diseases of heart 48 7.4
4. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 39 6.0
5. Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis 21 3.3
  All Causes 487 75.5
     
35-49 Years 1. Malignant neoplasms 403 43.5
2. Accidents 286 30.9
3. Diseases of heart 210 22.7
4. Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis 100 10.8
5. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 60 6.5
  All Causes 1,698 183.2
     
50-64 Years 1. Malignant neoplasms 1,960 203.8
2. Diseases of heart 1,006 104.6
3. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 330 34.3
4. Accidents 328 34.1
5. Diabetes mellitus 235 24.4
  All Causes 5,849 608.2
     
65 and Over 1. Diseases of heart 10,915 962.6
2. Malignant neoplasms 7,814 689.1
3. Cerebrovascular diseases 3,556 313.6
4. Alzheimer's disease 3,027 267.0
5. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 2,486 219.2
  All Causes 42,495 3,747.7
     

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: 2025 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. .