Number of Deaths and Age-adjusted Mortality Rates for the Ten Leading Causes of Death,
Hillsdale County and Michigan 2018,
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 Death514   98,985   2,813,503   829.9 786.1 731.9
1. Heart Disease126   25,345   647,457   204.8 195.9 165.0
2. Cancer124   21,026   599,108   189.9 161.6 152.5
3. Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases47   5,783   160,201   70.1 44.3 40.9
4. Unintentional Injuries27   5,562   169,936   58.6 52.2 49.4
5. Stroke25   5,180   146,383   40.0 40.1 37.6
6. Alzheimer's Disease27   4,474   121,404   42.7 34.6 31.0
7. Diabetes Mellitus13   2,823   83,564   * 22.0 21.5
8. Kidney Disease7   1,943   50,633   * 15.1 13.0
9. Pneumonia/Influenza8   1,871   55,672   * 14.6 14.3
10. Intentional Self-harm (Suicide)9   1,547   47,173   * 15.0 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 2018.

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: 2018 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 1999-2019 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released 2020.

Last Updated: 02/03/2025