Leading Causes of Death and Cause-Specific Rates by Age
Michigan Residents Black Females, 2021
Age Rank and Cause of Death Number Rate
All Ages 1. Diseases of heart 1,810 228.5
2. Malignant neoplasms 1,318 166.4
3. COVID-19 1,052 132.8
4. Cerebrovascular diseases 442 55.8
5. Accidents 439 55.4
  All Causes 8,163 1,030.4
     
Under 1 year 1. Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified 35 334.5
2. Unintentional injuries 21 200.7
3. Sudden infant death syndrome 12 114.7
4. Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes 10 95.6
5. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 8 76.5
  All Causes 137 1,309.4
     
1-4 Years 1. Accidents 5 *
2. Malignant neoplasms 2 *
3–8. Assault (homicide)
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
Chronic lower respiratory diseases
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
Influenza and pneumonia
Septicemia
1 *
  All Causes 20 44.3
     
5-14 Years 1. Malignant neoplasms 3 *
2–6. Accidents
Assault (homicide)
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
Diseases of heart
Intentional self-harm (suicide)
2 *
  All Causes 19 16.8
     
15-24 Years 1. Accidents 36 32.2
2. Assault (homicide) 25 22.3
3. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 9 8.0
4. COVID-19 5 *
5. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 4 *
  All Causes 102 91.2
     
25-34 Years 1. Accidents 88 73.6
2. Assault (homicide) 32 26.8
3. COVID-19 27 22.6
4. Diseases of heart 16 13.4
5. Malignant neoplasms 11 9.2
  All Causes 236 197.4
     
35-49 Years 1. Diseases of heart 111 79.9
2. Accidents 86 61.9
3. COVID-19 82 59.0
4. Malignant neoplasms 65 46.8
5–6. Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis
Diabetes mellitus
26 18.7
  All Causes 609 438.1
     
50-64 Years 1. Diseases of heart 404 292.4
2. Malignant neoplasms 350 253.3
3. COVID-19 292 211.3
4. Accidents 122 88.3
5. Diabetes mellitus 67 48.5
  All Causes 1,783 1,290.3
     
65 and Over 1. Diseases of heart 1,276 1,111.1
2. Malignant neoplasms 886 771.5
3. COVID-19 644 560.8
4. Cerebrovascular diseases 349 303.9
5. Alzheimer's disease 211 183.7
  All Causes 5,257 4,577.6
     

Note: Age groups do not add to respective totals because records with age not stated are included only in the "All Ages" row. Rates may not agree with those shown elsewhere in this section since records with sex and race not stated were randomly allocated prior to rate calculation for the other tables, and were not included in calculations for this table. Cause-specific rates are per 100,000 population.

Infant deaths were grouped according to 71 rankable causes of infant death from 130 Causes of Infant Death. For other age groups, deaths were grouped according to 50 rankable causes of death from 113 Selected Causes of Death. See ICD-10 Cause of Death Lists of Tabulating Mortality Statistics for a detailed lists of ICD-10 groupings.

Source: 2021 Michigan Resident Death File, 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. .