White Female Cause of Death

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Leading Causes of Death and Cause-Specific Rates by Age
Michigan Resident White Females, 2009
Age	Rank and Cause of Death		Number	Rate
All Ages	1.	Diseases of the heart	9,369	227.0
	2.	Cancer	8,058	195.3
	3.	Chronic lower respiratory disease	2,373	57.5
	4.	Stroke	2,246	54.4
	5.	Alzheimer's disease	1,662	40.3
		All Causes	36,185	876.9

Under 1 Year	1.	Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period	102	239.9
	2.	Congenital malformations	57	134.1
	3.	Accidents	16	37.6
	4.	Sudden infant deaths (SIDS)	12	28.2
	5.	Diseases of the heart	3	*
		All Causes	212	498.6

1-4 Years	1.	Accidents	6	3.2
	2.	Cancer	5	*
	3-4.	Congenital malformations - Homicide	3	*
	5-6.	Diseases of the heart - Pneumonia & Influenza	1	*
		All Causes	27	14.6

5-14 Years	1.	Accidents	17	3.4
	2.	Cancer	13	2.6
	3-4.	Congenital malformations - Pneumonia & Influenza	3	*
	5-8.	Diseases of the heart - Homicide - Stroke - Suicide	1	*
		All Causes	58	11.7

15-24 Years	1.	Accidents	77	14.1
	2.	Suicide	21	3.8
	3.	Cancer	16	2.9
	4.	Homicide	10	1.8
	5-6.	Congenital malformations - Diseases of the heart	5	*
		All Causes	172	31.5

25-34 Years	1.	Accidents	85	18.2
	2.	Cancer	56	12.0
	3.	Suicide	27	5.8
	4.	Diseases of the heart	15	3.2
	5.	Diabetes mellitus	10	2.1
		All Causes	306	65.4

35-49 Years	1.	Cancer	415	48.5
	2.	Accidents	172	20.1
	3.	Diseases of the heart	132	15.4
	4.	Suicide	73	8.5
	5.	Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis	63	7.4
		All Causes	1,356	158.3

50-64 Years	1.	Cancer	1,816	212.7
	2.	Diseases of the heart	703	82.3
	3.	Chronic lower respiratory disease	256	30.0
	4.	Diabetes mellitus	176	20.6
	5.	Accidents	173	20.3
		All Causes	4,384	513.5

65 and Over	1.	Diseases of the heart	8,509	1,258.6
	2.	Cancer	5,735	848.3
	3.	Stroke	2,085	308.4
	4.	Chronic lower respiratory disease	2,080	307.7
	5.	Alzheimer's disease	1,647	243.6
		All Causes	29,670	4,388.5

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. Asterisk (*) indicates that data do not meet standards of reliability or precision. Care should be taken drawing inferences from rates based on small numbers of events or small population base. These rates tend to exhibit considerable variation which may negate their usefulness for comparative purposes.
Source: 2009 Michigan Resident Death File, Division for Vital Records & Health Statistics, Michigan Department of Community Health; Population Estimate (latest update 9/2009), National Center for Health Statistics, U.S. Census Populations With Bridged Race Categories.

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