Leading Causes of Death and Cause-Specific Rates by Age
Michigan Residents, 2024
Age Rank and Cause of Death Number Rate
All Ages 1. Diseases of heart 26,221 258.6
2. Malignant neoplasms 21,171 208.8
3. Cerebrovascular diseases 6,151 60.7
4. Accidents 5,435 53.6
5. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 5,258 51.9
  All Causes 102,848 1,014.2
     
Under 1 year 1. Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified 142 142.9
2. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 89 89.6
3. Unintentional injuries 59 59.4
4–5. Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy
Sudden infant death syndrome
35 35.2
  All Causes 629 633.2
     
1-4 Years 1. Accidents 27 6.3
2. Assault (homicide) 11 2.6
3. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 10 2.3
4. Malignant neoplasms 6 1.4
5. Influenza and pneumonia 4 *
  All Causes 93 21.8
     
5-14 Years 1. Accidents 42 3.5
2. Malignant neoplasms 21 1.8
3. Assault (homicide) 13 1.1
4. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 12 1.0
5. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 11 0.9
  All Causes 168 14.1
     
15-24 Years 1. Accidents 265 20.0
2. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 152 11.4
3. Assault (homicide) 111 8.4
4. Malignant neoplasms 42 3.2
5. Diseases of heart 29 2.2
  All Causes 730 55.0
     
25-34 Years 1. Accidents 549 40.9
2. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 239 17.8
3. Assault (homicide) 128 9.5
4. Diseases of heart 109 8.1
5. Malignant neoplasms 107 8.0
  All Causes 1,609 119.8
     
35-49 Years 1. Accidents 923 50.4
2. Diseases of heart 759 41.5
3. Malignant neoplasms 684 37.4
4. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 361 19.7
5. Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis 266 14.5
  All Causes 4,676 255.4
     
50-64 Years 1. Malignant neoplasms 4,137 213.9
2. Diseases of heart 3,409 176.3
3. Accidents 1,017 52.6
4. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 636 32.9
5. Diabetes mellitus 630 32.6
  All Causes 14,750 762.7
     
65 and Over 1. Diseases of heart 21,902 1,102.9
2. Malignant neoplasms 16,171 814.3
3. Cerebrovascular diseases 5,588 281.4
4. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 4,556 229.4
5. Alzheimer's disease 4,128 207.9
  All Causes 80,193 4,038.1
     

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. .