Leading Causes of Death and Cause-Specific Rates by Age
Michigan Residents Black Males, 2024
Age Rank and Cause of Death Number Rate
All Ages 1. Diseases of heart 2,005 295.3
2. Malignant neoplasms 1,281 188.7
3. Accidents 664 97.8
4. Cerebrovascular diseases 352 51.8
5. Assault (homicide) 310 45.7
  All Causes 7,326 1,079.0
     
Under 1 year 1. Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified 36 422.3
2. Unintentional injuries 16 187.7
3. Sudden infant death syndrome 9 105.6
4. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 6 70.4
5. Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy 5 *
  All Causes 126 1,478.0
     
1-4 Years 1. Accidents 7 18.6
2. Assault (homicide) 2 *
3–6. Cerebrovascular diseases
Complications of medical and surgical care
Diseases of heart
Influenza and pneumonia
1 *
  All Causes 15 39.9
     
5-14 Years 1. Accidents 8 7.8
2. Assault (homicide) 6 5.8
3. Malignant neoplasms 3 *
4–5. Chronic lower respiratory diseases
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
2 *
  All Causes 33 32.0
     
15-24 Years 1. Assault (homicide) 80 78.1
2. Accidents 29 28.3
3. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 28 27.3
4. Diseases of heart 6 5.9
5. Malignant neoplasms 3 *
  All Causes 167 163.1
     
25-34 Years 1. Accidents 107 96.8
2. Assault (homicide) 85 76.9
3. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 31 28.1
4. Diseases of heart 29 26.2
5–6. Diabetes mellitus
Malignant neoplasms
9 8.1
  All Causes 350 316.8
     
35-49 Years 1. Diseases of heart 180 149.0
2. Accidents 142 117.6
3. Assault (homicide) 98 81.1
4. Malignant neoplasms 58 48.0
5. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 25 20.7
  All Causes 719 595.3
     
50-64 Years 1. Diseases of heart 539 478.8
2. Malignant neoplasms 311 276.3
3. Accidents 177 157.2
4. Diabetes mellitus 78 69.3
5. Cerebrovascular diseases 69 61.3
  All Causes 1,724 1,531.4
     
65 and Over 1. Diseases of heart 1,248 1,492.9
2. Malignant neoplasms 896 1,071.9
3. Cerebrovascular diseases 253 302.7
4–5. Accidents
Diabetes mellitus
178 212.9
  All Causes 4,192 5,014.8
     

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: 2024 Michigan Resident Death File, Division for Vital Records & Health Statistics, Michigan Department of Health & Human Services; Population Estimates by Age and Race (latest update 7/2025), U.S Census Bureau. .