Leading Causes of Death and Cause-Specific Rates by Age
Michigan Residents White Females, 2022
Age Rank and Cause of Death Number Rate
All Ages 1. Diseases of heart 10,359 257.1
2. Malignant neoplasms 8,360 207.5
3. Cerebrovascular diseases 2,800 69.5
4. Alzheimer's disease 2,567 63.7
5. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 2,505 62.2
  All Causes 43,777 1,086.6
     
Under 1 year 1. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 28 74.5
2. Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified 27 71.8
3–4. Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes
Unintentional injuries
7 18.6
5–7. Bacterial sepsis of newborn
Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy
Sudden infant death syndrome
6 16.0
  All Causes 134 356.5
     
1-4 Years 1. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 9 5.8
2. Accidents 5 *
3. Malignant neoplasms 4 *
4. Assault (homicide) 2 *
5–6. Influenza and pneumonia
Septicemia
1 *
  All Causes 29 18.6
     
5-14 Years 1. Accidents 10 2.3
2. Malignant neoplasms 8 1.8
3. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 6 1.4
4. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 4 *
5–6. Assault (homicide)
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
3 *
  All Causes 43 9.8
     
15-24 Years 1. Accidents 59 11.8
2. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 32 6.4
3. Malignant neoplasms 11 2.2
4. Assault (homicide) 8 1.6
5. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 5 *
  All Causes 151 30.1
     
25-34 Years 1. Accidents 147 30.1
2. Malignant neoplasms 37 7.6
3. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 36 7.4
4. Diseases of heart 28 5.7
5. Assault (homicide) 18 3.7
  All Causes 416 85.3
     
35-49 Years 1. Accidents 288 41.6
2. Malignant neoplasms 287 41.5
3. Diseases of heart 147 21.3
4. Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis 99 14.3
5. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 75 10.8
  All Causes 1,372 198.4
     
50-64 Years 1. Malignant neoplasms 1,648 197.8
2. Diseases of heart 756 90.7
3. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 298 35.8
4. COVID-19 297 35.6
5. Accidents 258 31.0
  All Causes 4,999 600.0
     
65 and Over 1. Diseases of heart 9,423 1,066.6
2. Malignant neoplasms 6,364 720.3
3. Cerebrovascular diseases 2,624 297.0
4. Alzheimer's disease 2,535 286.9
5. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 2,172 245.8
  All Causes 36,633 4,146.3
     

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: 2022 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. .