Profile of Allegan County Health Department, 2022
POPULATION  
  As of July 1, 2022 121,210
  Rank Among Health Districts: 25
  Per Square Mile: 146.5
NATALITY  
  Live Births: 1,268
  Teenage Mothers: 37
  Low Weight Births: 102
  First Births: 440
MORTALITY  
  Total Deaths: 1,193
  Infant Deaths: 9
  Neonatal Deaths: 7
  Postneonatal Deaths: 2
  Perinatal Deaths: 14
  Fetal Deaths: 8
   
     
     
   
     
     

NATALITY BY RACE OF MOTHER
  Total White Black Other
  Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate
Live Births 1,268 10.5 1,146 9.9 33 12.6 32 12.9

Total White Black Other
  Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio
Teenage Mothers 37 29.2 28 24.4 3 * 3 *
Low Weight 102 80.4 92 80.3 4 * 3 *
Under 1,500 Grams 22 17.4 20 17.5 - - 2 *
< 37 weeks Gestation 185 145.9 163 142.2 7 212.1 5 *
Prenatal Care Began in
First Trimester		 957 754.7 876 764.4 20 606.1 24 750.0

Note: Rate is per 1,000 estimated 2022 population and ratio per 1,000 live births in 2022 in specified group.

INFANT AND PERINATAL MORTALITY BY RACE
  Total White Black Other
  Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio
Infant Deaths 9 7.1 6 5.2 3 * - -
Neonatal Deaths 7 5.5 4 * 3 * - -
Postneonatal Deaths 2 * 2 * - - - -
Perinatal Deaths 14 11.0 9 7.8 3 * 1 *
Fetal Deaths 8 6.3 6 5.2 - - 1 *

Note: Rate is per 1,000 live births or total births in 2022 in specified group.

MORTALITY
  Total White Black Other
  Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Deaths 1,193 602 591     1,115 554 561    28 15 13    48 32 16
Crude Death Rate 9.8 9.9 9.8     9.6 9.5 9.7     10.7 10.7 10.7    19.4 27.9 12.0
 
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 9 2 1 - 2 3 5 30 30 98 200 813 -
White Male 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 11 14 49 109 365 -
White Female 5 - - - - - 2 13 11 43 77 410 -
Black Male 2 - - - - - - 2 - - 3 8 -
Black Female 1 - - - - - - - - - 5 7 -
Other Male - - - - 1 2 2 3 5 6 3 10 -
Other Female - 1 - - - - - 1 - - 3 11 -

Note: Rate is per 100,000, 2022 population in specified group.

LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH

 LEADING HOSPITAL DISCHARGES--2022
  Deaths Rate   Discharges Rate
Total 1,193   810.7     All Hospitalizations 30,828   2,543.4
Heart Disease 272   186.3     Heart Diseases 1,142   94.2
Cancer 241   153.0     Newborns and Neonates (Less than 7 days) 1,243   102.6
Accidents 77   56.3     Females with Deliveries 1,163   96.0
COVID-19 62   42.4     Injury and Poisoning 875   72.2
Stroke 50   35.8     Septicemia 524   43.2
C.L.R.D. 59   37.2     Cerebrovascular Diseases 302   24.9
Alzheimer's 62   45.5     Cancer (Malignant Neoplasms) 294   24.3
Diabetes Mellitus 36   23.0     Covid-19 234   19.3
Kidney Disease 19   *     Hypertensions 170   14.0
Cirrhosis 16   *     Diabetes Mellitus 161   13.3

Children Ages 1-19
Children Ages 1-19
 
Deaths
Rate
Discharges
Rate
Total 5   *     All Hospitalizations 1,200   410.5
Accidents 2   *     Injury and Poisoning 44   15.1
Assault (Homicide) -   -     Females with Deliveries 33   11.3
Suicide -   -     Asthma 21   7.2
Cancer 1   *     Mood (affective) Disorders 16   5.5
Congenital malformations -   -     Acute Lower Respiratory Infections - Except Brochi 14   4.8

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, 2022 population in specified group.