Leading Causes of Death and Cause-Specific Rates by Age
Michigan Residents White Females, 2023
Age Rank and Cause of Death Number Rate
All Ages 1. Diseases of heart 9,913 250.4
2. Malignant neoplasms 8,156 206.1
3. Cerebrovascular diseases 2,762 69.8
4. Alzheimer's disease 2,522 63.7
5. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 2,451 61.9
  All Causes 40,688 1,027.9
     
Under 1 year 1. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 32 90.4
2. Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified 24 67.8
3. Unintentional injuries 13 36.7
4. Sudden infant death syndrome 12 33.9
5. Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy 4 *
  All Causes 128 361.5
     
1-4 Years 1–2. Accidents
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
7 4.7
3. Malignant neoplasms 3 *
4–5. Assault (homicide)
Cerebrovascular diseases
2 *
  All Causes 27 18.2
     
5-14 Years 1. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 8 1.9
2–3. Accidents
Intentional self-harm (suicide)
7 1.7
4. Malignant neoplasms 4 *
5. Assault (homicide) 2 *
  All Causes 34 8.1
     
15-24 Years 1. Accidents 46 9.6
2. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 25 5.2
3. Malignant neoplasms 16 3.3
4. Diseases of heart 8 1.7
5. Assault (homicide) 6 1.3
  All Causes 138 28.8
     
25-34 Years 1. Accidents 142 29.6
2. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 35 7.3
3. Malignant neoplasms 24 5.0
4. Diseases of heart 23 4.8
5. Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis 16 3.3
  All Causes 356 74.3
     
35-49 Years 1. Malignant neoplasms 257 37.0
2. Accidents 245 35.3
3. Diseases of heart 104 15.0
4. Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis 99 14.3
5. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 62 8.9
  All Causes 1,164 167.7
     
50-64 Years 1. Malignant neoplasms 1,600 197.9
2. Diseases of heart 720 89.1
3. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 311 38.5
4. Accidents 231 28.6
5. Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis 187 23.1
  All Causes 4,529 560.2
     
65 and Over 1. Diseases of heart 9,058 1,014.3
2. Malignant neoplasms 6,251 700.0
3. Cerebrovascular diseases 2,608 292.0
4. Alzheimer's disease 2,502 280.2
5. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 2,118 237.2
  All Causes 34,312 3,842.3
     

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: 2023 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. .