Profile of Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Health Department, 2024
POPULATION  
  As of July 1, 2024 152,948
  Rank Among Health Districts: 21
  Per Square Mile: 95.0
NATALITY  
  Live Births: 1,742
  Teenage Mothers: 95
  Low Weight Births: 139
  First Births: 606
MORTALITY  
  Total Deaths: 1,733
  Infant Deaths: 5
  Neonatal Deaths: 2
  Postneonatal Deaths: 3
  Perinatal Deaths: 14
  Fetal Deaths: 12
   
     
     
   
     
     

NATALITY BY RACE OF MOTHER
  Total White Black Other
  Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate
Live Births 1,742 11.4 1,485 10.3 45 14.0 208 37.2

Total White Black Other
  Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio
Teenage Mothers 95 54.5 74 49.8 3 * 17 81.7
Low Weight 139 79.8 124 83.5 5 * 9 43.3
Under 1,500 Grams 18 10.3 18 12.1 - - - -
< 37 weeks Gestation 205 117.7 177 119.2 6 133.3 20 96.2
Prenatal Care Began in
First Trimester		 1,015 582.7 902 607.4 18 400.0 95 456.7

Note: Rate is per 1,000 estimated 2024 population and ratio per 1,000 live births in 2024 in specified group.

INFANT AND PERINATAL MORTALITY BY RACE
  Total White Black Other
  Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio Number Ratio
Infant Deaths 5 * 4 * 1 * - -
Neonatal Deaths 2 * 2 * - - - -
Postneonatal Deaths 3 * 2 * 1 * - -
Perinatal Deaths 14 8.0 14 9.4 - - - -
Fetal Deaths 12 6.8 12 8.0 - - - -

Note: Rate is per 1,000 live births or total births in 2024 in specified group.

MORTALITY
  Total White Black Other
  Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Deaths 1,733 862 871     1,689 840 849    20 11 9    23 11 12
Crude Death Rate 11.3 11.1 11.5     11.7 11.6 11.9     6.2 5.2 8.0    4.1 4.1 4.1
 
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 5 3 1 2 2 7 10 28 58 119 328 1,170 -
White Male 1 1 - 1 1 6 6 22 28 60 190 524 -
White Female 3 2 1 - - 1 3 5 25 53 130 626 -
Black Male 1 - - - - - - 1 3 1 3 2 -
Black Female - - - - - - - - - - 4 5 -
Other Male - - - - 1 - 1 - 2 3 - 4 -
Other Female - - - 1 - - - - - 2 1 8 -

Note: Rate is per 100,000, 2024 population in specified group.

LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH

 LEADING HOSPITAL DISCHARGES--2024
  Deaths Rate   Discharges Rate
Total 1,733   822.0     All Hospitalizations 43,768   2,895.4
Heart Disease 412   192.6     Heart Diseases 1,746   115.5
Cancer 386   175.9     Newborns and Neonates (Less than 7 days) 1,402   92.8
Stroke 97   44.6     Females with Deliveries 1,422   94.1
Accidents 83   51.6     Injury and Poisoning 1,257   83.2
C.L.R.D. 129   55.7     Septicemia 684   45.3
Alzheimer's 82   38.5     Cerebrovascular Diseases 441   29.2
Diabetes Mellitus 38   16.8     Cancer (Malignant Neoplasms) 440   29.1
Kidney Disease 36   16.9     Covid-19 406   26.9
Cirrhosis 21   11.0     Hypertensions 257   17.0
Suicide 17   *     Diabetes Mellitus 283   18.7

Children Ages 1-19
Children Ages 1-19
 
Deaths
Rate
Discharges
Rate
Total 8   21.7     All Hospitalizations 1,558   426.0
Accidents 5   *     Injury and Poisoning 92   25.2
Assault (Homicide) 1   *     Females with Deliveries 75   20.5
Suicide -   -     Asthma 55   15.0
Cancer -   -     Mood (affective) Disorders 24   6.6
Congenital malformations 1   *     Acute Lower Respiratory Infections - Except Brochi 23   6.3

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, 2024 population in specified group.