Leading Causes of Death and Cause-Specific Rates by Age
Michigan Residents Males, 2024
Age Rank and Cause of Death Number Rate
All Ages 1. Diseases of heart 14,152 281.7
2. Malignant neoplasms 11,082 220.6
3. Accidents 3,404 67.8
4. Cerebrovascular diseases 2,574 51.2
5. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 2,489 49.5
  All Causes 53,015 1,055.4
     
Under 1 year 1. Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified 80 157.8
2. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 41 80.9
3. Unintentional injuries 32 63.1
4. Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy 21 41.4
5. Sudden infant death syndrome 19 37.5
  All Causes 361 712.0
     
1-4 Years 1. Accidents 14 6.4
2. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 7 3.2
3. Assault (homicide) 6 2.8
4. Malignant neoplasms 4 *
5. Cerebrovascular diseases 3 *
  All Causes 57 26.2
     
5-14 Years 1. Accidents 33 5.4
2. Malignant neoplasms 12 2.0
3. Assault (homicide) 9 1.5
4. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 6 1.0
5–7. Cerebrovascular diseases
Chronic lower respiratory diseases
Intentional self-harm (suicide)
4 *
  All Causes 101 16.5
     
15-24 Years 1. Accidents 198 29.1
2. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 116 17.1
3. Assault (homicide) 94 13.8
4. Malignant neoplasms 26 3.8
5. Diseases of heart 20 2.9
  All Causes 533 78.4
     
25-34 Years 1. Accidents 401 58.7
2. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 194 28.4
3. Assault (homicide) 111 16.2
4. Diseases of heart 77 11.3
5. Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis 42 6.1
  All Causes 1,131 165.5
     
35-49 Years 1. Accidents 627 68.3
2. Diseases of heart 521 56.7
3. Malignant neoplasms 327 35.6
4. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 292 31.8
5. Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis 160 17.4
  All Causes 2,911 317.1
     
50-64 Years 1. Diseases of heart 2,325 243.3
2. Malignant neoplasms 2,093 219.0
3. Accidents 718 75.1
4. Diabetes mellitus 412 43.1
5. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 343 35.9
  All Causes 8,905 931.9
     
65 and Over 1. Diseases of heart 11,204 1,234.8
2. Malignant neoplasms 8,577 945.2
3. Cerebrovascular diseases 2,236 246.4
4. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 2,110 232.5
5. Accidents 1,381 152.2
  All Causes 39,016 4,299.8
     

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. .