Profile of Wayne County Health Department, 2023
POPULATION  
  As of July 1, 2023 1,117,951
  Rank Among Health Districts: 2
  Per Square Mile: 2,351.6
NATALITY  
  Live Births: 12,444
  Teenage Mothers: 293
  Low Weight Births: 1,168
  First Births: 4,859
MORTALITY  
  Total Deaths: 11,085
  Infant Deaths: 85
  Neonatal Deaths: 58
  Postneonatal Deaths: 27
  Perinatal Deaths: 107
  Fetal Deaths: 59
   
     
     
   
     
     

NATALITY BY RACE OF MOTHER
  Total White Black Other
  Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate
Live Births 12,444 11.1 8,651 9.8 2,384 13.4 1,297 21.2

Total White Black Other
  Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio
Teenage Mothers 293 23.5 159 18.4 114 47.8 16 12.3
Low Weight 1,168 93.9 638 73.7 365 153.1 151 116.4
Under 1,500 Grams 181 14.5 80 9.2 68 28.5 28 21.6
< 37 weeks Gestation 1,779 143.0 1,106 127.8 456 191.3 187 144.2
Prenatal Care Began in
First Trimester		 9,867 792.9 6,970 805.7 1,790 750.8 1,036 798.8

Note: Rate is per 1,000 estimated 2023 population and ratio per 1,000 live births in 2023 in specified group.

INFANT AND PERINATAL MORTALITY BY RACE
  Total White Black Other
  Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio
Infant Deaths 85 6.8 41 4.7 25 10.5 13 10.0
Neonatal Deaths 58 4.7 28 3.2 14 5.9 11 8.5
Postneonatal Deaths 27 2.2 13 1.5 11 4.6 2 *
Perinatal Deaths 107 8.6 49 5.6 27 11.3 15 11.5
Fetal Deaths 59 4.7 28 3.2 15 6.3 4 *

Note: Rate is per 1,000 live births or total births in 2023 in specified group.

MORTALITY
  Total White Black Other
  Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Deaths 11,085 5,628 5,457     8,962 4,526 4,436    1,614 816 798    489 273 216
Crude Death Rate 9.9 10.3 9.5     10.2 10.6 9.8     9.1 9.1 9.0    8.0 9.2 6.9
 
Age in Years
  <1 1-4 5-8 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70+ Unk
Total Deaths 85 20 6 10 33 46 83 301 396 944 2,011 7,150 -
White Male 25 9 3 3 9 22 27 137 175 409 905 2,802 -
White Female 16 2 1 2 6 10 20 63 98 276 627 3,315 -
Black Male 15 3 1 2 13 7 13 53 59 110 203 337 -
Black Female 10 2 1 1 2 3 10 21 35 82 194 437 -
Other Male 7 2 - 1 2 3 9 16 18 41 53 121 -
Other Female 6 2 - 1 1 1 4 10 9 21 25 136 -

Note: Rate is per 100,000, 2023 population in specified group.

LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH

 LEADING HOSPITAL DISCHARGES--2022
  Deaths Rate   Discharges Rate
Total 11,085   805.8     All Hospitalizations 419,817   3,752.9
Heart Disease 2,884   205.4     Heart Diseases 14,380   128.6
Cancer 2,271   158.1     Newborns and Neonates (Less than 7 days) 12,577   112.4
Accidents 658   55.0     Females with Deliveries 11,624   103.9
Stroke 614   44.5     Injury and Poisoning 11,342   101.4
C.L.R.D. 480   33.6     Septicemia 8,260   73.8
Alzheimer's 339   24.9     Cerebrovascular Diseases 3,649   32.6
Diabetes Mellitus 306   21.4     Cancer (Malignant Neoplasms) 3,861   34.5
Kidney Disease 208   15.2     Covid-19 4,025   36.0
COVID-19 205   14.9     Hypertensions 3,202   28.6
Cirrhosis 155   11.6     Diabetes Mellitus 2,845   25.4

Children Ages 1-19
Children Ages 1-19
 
Deaths
Rate
Discharges
Rate
Total 69   26.5     All Hospitalizations 13,508   517.3
Accidents 12   4.6     Injury and Poisoning 481   18.4
Assault (Homicide) 9   3.5     Females with Deliveries 289   11.1
Suicide 13   5.0     Asthma 283   10.8
Cancer 8   3.1     Mood (affective) Disorders 252   9.7
Congenital malformations 5   *     Acute Lower Respiratory Infections - Except Brochi 199   7.6

Note: Rates are per 100, 000. Leading causes of death are computed by the direct method, using as the standard population the age distribution of the total population of the United States for the year 2000. Children and discharge data are per 100,000, 2023 population in specified group.