Ten Leading Causes--Michigan and US

Number of Deaths for Ten Leading Causes by Race and Sex
Michigan Residents, 2007
Cause of Death	All Races			White			Black
Cause of Death	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
Heart Disease	24,258	12,143	12,115	20,337	10,083	10,254	3,544	1,847	1,697
Cancer	20,060	10,346	9,714	17,048	8,829	8,219	2,669	1,330	1,339
Stroke	4,638	1,870	2,768	3,932	1,547	2,385	619	283	336
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases	4,616	2,242	2,374	4,206	2,019	2,187	366	201	165
Unintentional Injuries	3,714	2,335	1,379	3,050	1,886	1,164	529	359	170
Diabetes Mellitus	2,825	1,370	1,455	2,319	1,158	1,161	432	182	250
Alzheimer's Disease	2,430	707	1,723	2,291	672	1,619	121	32	89
Pneumonia/Influenza	1,633	760	873	1,385	634	751	223	112	111
Kidney Disease	1,611	780	831	1,268	610	658	312	153	159
Intentional Self-harm (Suicide)	1,123	897	226	1,021	819	202	74	60	14
All Other Causes	19,734	9,337	10,395	15,941	7,312	8,628	3,379	1,800	1,578
Total	86,642	42,787	43,853	72,798	35,569	37,228	12,268	6,359	5,908

Note:

Data displayed are by the underlying cause of death which is the condition giving rise to the chain of events leading to death. Causes of death are classified in accordance with the Tenth Revision of the International Classifications of Diseases (ICD-10), a coding structure developed by the World Health Organization. This revision has been used to classify deaths occurring on or after January 1, 1999. The ICD-10 codes are grouped into broader categories for the causes listed in this table in order to classify these selected causes of death (e.g., ICD-10 codes C00-C97 are used to indicate deaths due to cancer). Death records with race/sex not stated are included only in the "Total" column.

Source:

2007 Michigan Resident Death File, Division for Vital Records & Health Statistics, Michigan Department of Community Health