Leading Causes of Death and Cause-Specific Rates by Age
Michigan Residents, 2022
Age Rank and Cause of Death Number Rate
All Ages 1. Diseases of heart 27,146 270.5
2. Malignant neoplasms 20,970 209.0
3. Accidents 6,431 64.1
4. COVID-19 5,948 59.3
5. Cerebrovascular diseases 5,775 57.6
  All Causes 110,149 1,097.8
     
Under 1 year 1. Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified 138 131.9
2. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 109 104.2
3. Unintentional injuries 58 55.4
4. Sudden infant death syndrome 32 30.6
5. Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes 28 26.8
  All Causes 650 621.4
     
1-4 Years 1. Accidents 37 8.6
2. Assault (homicide) 20 4.6
3. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 18 4.2
4. Malignant neoplasms 6 1.4
5–6. Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
Influenza and pneumonia
3 *
  All Causes 139 32.2
     
5-14 Years 1. Accidents 43 3.6
2. Assault (homicide) 27 2.3
3. Malignant neoplasms 25 2.1
4–5. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
Intentional self-harm (suicide)
13 1.1
  All Causes 189 15.9
     
15-24 Years 1. Accidents 301 22.5
2. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 185 13.8
3. Assault (homicide) 173 12.9
4. Malignant neoplasms 43 3.2
5. Diseases of heart 19 1.4
  All Causes 894 66.8
     
25-34 Years 1. Accidents 815 61.8
2. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 237 18.0
3. Assault (homicide) 228 17.3
4. Diseases of heart 130 9.9
5. Malignant neoplasms 116 8.8
  All Causes 2,130 161.5
     
35-49 Years 1. Accidents 1,327 74.8
2. Diseases of heart 841 47.4
3. Malignant neoplasms 715 40.3
4. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 378 21.3
5. Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis 296 16.7
  All Causes 5,510 310.5
     
50-64 Years 1. Malignant neoplasms 4,482 224.5
2. Diseases of heart 3,913 196.0
3. Accidents 1,426 71.4
4. COVID-19 968 48.5
5. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 705 35.3
  All Causes 17,528 878.0
     
65 and Over 1. Diseases of heart 22,230 1,182.4
2. Malignant neoplasms 15,582 828.8
3. Cerebrovascular diseases 5,135 273.1
4. COVID-19 4,675 248.7
5. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 4,469 237.7
  All Causes 83,109 4,420.5
     

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: 2022 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. .