Number of Deaths and Age-adjusted Mortality Rates for the Ten Leading Causes of Death,
Michigan 2018 and United States Residents, 2017

Michigan Rank & Cause of Death Number of Deaths Age-adjusted Mortality Rates
MI U.S. MI U.S.
All Causes of Death 98,985   2,813,503   786.1 731.9
1. Heart Disease 25,345   647,457   195.9 165.0
2. Cancer 21,026   599,108   161.6 152.5
3. Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 5,783   160,201   44.3 40.9
4. Unintentional Injuries 5,562   169,936   52.2 49.4
5. Stroke 5,180   146,383   40.1 37.6
6. Alzheimer's Disease 4,474   121,404   34.6 31.0
7. Diabetes Mellitus 2,823   83,564   22.0 21.5
8. Kidney Disease 1,943   50,633   15.1 13.0
9. Pneumonia/Influenza 1,871   55,672   14.6 14.3
10. Intentional Self-harm (Suicide) 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 race/sex not stated are included only in the "Total" column.

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 Estimate (latest update 7/2020), National Center for Health Statistics, U.S. Census Populations With Bridged Race Categories
2020-2022 population is 2020 CDC Bridge estimates proportionally fitted to U.S. Census population estimates. .

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