Years of Potential Life Lost Below Age 75, By Sex,
Michigan Residents, 2021

Due to Leading Causes of YPLL1

Cause of Death All Races White Black
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
All Causes909,457572,737336,720631,361398,777232,585226,662140,65286,010
1. Accidents147,942101,18646,756101,51470,69930,81537,37024,40112,968
2. Malignant neoplasms141,60474,39267,212113,23159,53553,69521,87311,30510,568
3. Diseases of heart132,46391,58940,87491,01964,56526,45436,78223,70813,074
4. COVID-19106,12863,98042,14874,73946,05828,68123,04912,31010,739
5. Intentional self-harm (suicide)42,36834,0628,30632,98826,3466,6425,9034,7291,174
6. Assault (homicide)33,33226,7286,6036,8934,5012,39224,96221,3463,615
7. Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis29,39518,73010,66523,64015,0558,5853,9252,2201,705
8. Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period26,91614,35012,56611,9516,5845,36611,2415,9035,337
9. Diabetes mellitus25,61316,3089,30518,36912,0896,2805,9273,2822,645
10. Chronic lower respiratory diseases21,46011,23110,22917,5799,3528,2273,2361,6091,627
11. Cerebrovascular diseases18,24410,0288,21612,0386,5675,4715,3012,9162,385
12. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities13,5528,1135,4399,7575,8453,9112,4601,4351,026
13. Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis9,4845,5793,9055,8703,4952,3753,0051,5551,450
14. Septicemia8,7494,7344,0165,6753,0752,5992,7651,4631,301
15. Influenza and pneumonia7,7684,6523,1165,0933,0432,0502,2711,324946
All Other Causes144,43887,07557,364101,00661,96539,04036,59021,14215,448
          

Due to Certain Cancers, Firearm, Drug and Alcohol-related Deaths2

Cause of Death All Races White Black
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
1. Drug-induced deaths94,87962,99631,88368,20145,40222,79921,67314,3247,349
2. Injury by firearms50,30943,3376,97221,37118,2053,16626,44423,0553,389
3. Alcohol-induced deaths32,12522,2859,84026,30518,3008,0054,0552,5751,480
4. Malignant neoplasms of trachea, bronchus and lung31,38017,36014,02026,30514,59511,7104,2702,3401,930
5. Malignant neoplasms of colon, rectum and anus14,2758,6055,67011,2256,5454,6802,0701,430640
6. Malignant neoplasm of breast12,06012511,9359,4851059,3802,050202,030
7. Malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, hematopoietic and related tissue11,8307,3604,4699,2715,8583,4121,8821,035847
          

Note: The years of potential life lost (YPLL) below age 75 is a measure of mortality designed to emphasize mortality which is prevalent among persons under age 75. The number of years of potential life lost is calculated as the number of years between the age at death and 75 years of age for persons dying before their 75th year.

1 The causes of death are listed in order of the 15 leading causes of YPLL for Michigan residents in 2021.
2 The causes of death are calculated using ICD-10 groupings that are subsets or combinations of leading cause of death groupings.

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.

-:  A dash indicates a zero value.

Source: 2021 Geocoded Michigan Death Certificate Registry.   Division for Vital Records & Health Statistics, Michigan Department of Health & Human Services

Last Updated: 02/03/2025