Number of Deaths and Age-adjusted Mortality Rates for the Ten Leading Causes of Death,
Hillsdale County,
Michigan and United States Residents, 2017

Michigan Rank & Cause of Death Number of Deaths Age-adjusted Mortality Rates
Hillsdale MI U.S. Hillsdale MI U.S.
All Causes of Death502   97,532   2,813,503   820.2 783.9 731.9
1. Heart Disease141   25,162   647,457   220.7 196.2 165.0
2. Cancer125   20,645   599,108   196.1 161.2 152.5
3. Unintentional Injuries20   5,719   169,936   42.8 53.9 49.4
4. Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases34   5,685   160,201   51.9 44.4 40.9
5. Stroke17   4,993   146,383   * 39.3 37.6
6. Alzheimer's Disease22   4,424   121,404   35.9 34.5 31.0
7. Diabetes Mellitus16   2,795   83,564   * 22.1 21.5
8. Kidney Disease7   1,871   50,633   * 14.7 13.0
9. Pneumonia/Influenza8   1,793   55,672   * 14.2 14.3
10. Intentional Self-harm (Suicide)4   1,405   47,173   * 13.6 14.0
       

Note: Rates are per 100,000 population. The causes of death are listed in order of the 10 leading causes of death for Michigan residents in 2017.

Death records with gender not stated are included only in the "Total" column.

*:  An asterisk (*) indicates that the data do not meet standards of reliability or precision.

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).

Source: 2017 Geocoded Michigan Death Certificate Registry.     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. .

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Underlying Cause of Death 1999-2017 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released 2019.

Last Updated: 02/03/2025