Leading Causes of Death and Cause-Specific Rates by Age
Michigan Residents White Females, 2025
Age Rank and Cause of Death Number Rate
All Ages 1. Diseases of heart 10,082 257.0
2. Malignant neoplasms 8,542 217.8
3. Cerebrovascular diseases 3,243 82.7
4. Alzheimer's disease 2,744 70.0
5. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 2,534 64.6
  All Causes 42,418 1,081.4
     
Under 1 year 1. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 34 101.4
2. Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified 24 71.6
3. Unintentional injuries 15 44.7
4. Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy 6 17.9
5. Sudden infant death syndrome 5 *
  All Causes 142 423.6
     
1-4 Years 1. Accidents 9 6.5
2. Malignant neoplasms 4 *
3–7. Assault (homicide)
Complications of medical and surgical care
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
Diseases of heart
Septicemia
1 *
  All Causes 25 17.9
     
5-14 Years 1. Accidents 18 4.5
2. Malignant neoplasms 4 *
3. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 2 *
4–6. Anemias
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
Influenza and pneumonia
1 *
  All Causes 41 10.3
     
15-24 Years 1. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 32 6.9
2. Accidents 30 6.5
3. Malignant neoplasms 14 3.0
4. Assault (homicide) 9 1.9
5. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 5 *
  All Causes 125 26.9
     
25-34 Years 1. Accidents 88 18.9
2. Malignant neoplasms 42 9.0
3. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 31 6.7
4. Diseases of heart 20 4.3
5. Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis 14 3.0
  All Causes 294 63.2
     
35-49 Years 1. Malignant neoplasms 288 41.1
2. Accidents 193 27.5
3. Diseases of heart 106 15.1
4. Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis 77 11.0
5. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 54 7.7
  All Causes 1,102 157.2
     
50-64 Years 1. Malignant neoplasms 1,539 202.3
2. Diseases of heart 663 87.1
3. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 277 36.4
4. Accidents 229 30.1
5. Diabetes mellitus 156 20.5
  All Causes 4,301 565.3
     
65 and Over 1. Diseases of heart 9,285 967.8
2. Malignant neoplasms 6,651 693.3
3. Cerebrovascular diseases 3,088 321.9
4. Alzheimer's disease 2,712 282.7
5. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 2,246 234.1
  All Causes 36,388 3,793.0
     

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. .