Leading Causes of Death and Cause-Specific Rates by Age
Michigan Residents Males, 2021
Age Rank and Cause of Death Number Rate
All Ages 1. Diseases of heart 14,586 292.9
2. Malignant neoplasms 11,170 224.3
3. COVID-19 7,698 154.6
4. Accidents 4,251 85.4
5. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 2,493 50.1
  All Causes 62,211 1,249.1
     
Under 1 year 1. Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified 77 147.5
2. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 58 111.1
3. Unintentional injuries 37 70.9
4–6. Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes
Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy
Sudden infant death syndrome
16 30.6
  All Causes 356 681.9
     
1-4 Years 1. Accidents 22 9.6
2. Assault (homicide) 8 3.5
3. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 6 2.6
4–6. Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
Complications of medical and surgical care
Malignant neoplasms
2 *
  All Causes 65 28.5
     
5-14 Years 1. Accidents 28 4.5
2. Malignant neoplasms 12 1.9
3. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 10 1.6
4. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 6 1.0
5. Diseases of heart 5 *
  All Causes 103 16.5
     
15-24 Years 1. Accidents 249 37.0
2. Assault (homicide) 173 25.7
3. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 168 25.0
4. Malignant neoplasms 29 4.3
5. COVID-19 23 3.4
  All Causes 767 114.0
     
25-34 Years 1. Accidents 657 98.2
2. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 231 34.5
3. Assault (homicide) 212 31.7
4. COVID-19 108 16.1
5. Diseases of heart 94 14.0
  All Causes 1,712 255.8
     
35-49 Years 1. Accidents 987 110.4
2. Diseases of heart 611 68.4
3. COVID-19 519 58.1
4. Malignant neoplasms 340 38.0
5. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 262 29.3
  All Causes 4,120 461.0
     
50-64 Years 1. Diseases of heart 2,999 296.5
2. Malignant neoplasms 2,486 245.8
3. COVID-19 1,819 179.8
4. Accidents 985 97.4
5. Diabetes mellitus 489 48.3
  All Causes 12,548 1,240.6
     
65 and Over 1. Diseases of heart 10,857 1,309.2
2. Malignant neoplasms 8,253 995.2
3. COVID-19 5,224 630.0
4. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 2,071 249.7
5. Cerebrovascular diseases 2,022 243.8
  All Causes 42,540 5,129.8
     

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: 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. .