Leading Causes of Death and Cause-Specific Rates by Age
Michigan Residents White Females, 2021
Age Rank and Cause of Death Number Rate
All Ages 1. Diseases of heart 10,019 248.0
2. Malignant neoplasms 8,470 209.7
3. COVID-19 4,628 114.6
4. Cerebrovascular diseases 2,845 70.4
5. Alzheimer's disease 2,657 65.8
  All Causes 45,986 1,138.5
     
Under 1 year 1–2. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified
30 81.4
3. Unintentional injuries 15 40.7
4. Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy 7 19.0
5–6. Bacterial sepsis of newborn
Sudden infant death syndrome
5 *
  All Causes 135 366.4
     
1-4 Years 1. Accidents 12 7.4
2. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 3 *
3. Malignant neoplasms 2 *
4–7. Assault (homicide)
Cerebrovascular diseases
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
Chronic lower respiratory diseases
1 *
  All Causes 26 16.1
     
5-14 Years 1. Accidents 9 2.0
2–3. Intentional self-harm (suicide)
Malignant neoplasms
6 1.3
4–5. Assault (homicide)
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
5 *
  All Causes 45 10.1
     
15-24 Years 1. Accidents 79 15.9
2. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 23 4.6
3–5. Assault (homicide)
COVID-19
Malignant neoplasms
12 2.4
  All Causes 188 37.9
     
25-34 Years 1. Accidents 199 40.6
2. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 41 8.4
3. Malignant neoplasms 37 7.5
4. COVID-19 34 6.9
5. Assault (homicide) 19 3.9
  All Causes 479 97.7
     
35-49 Years 1. Malignant neoplasms 327 46.7
2. Accidents 302 43.2
3. COVID-19 224 32.0
4. Diseases of heart 146 20.9
5. Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis 99 14.2
  All Causes 1,571 224.6
     
50-64 Years 1. Malignant neoplasms 1,725 201.7
2. Diseases of heart 837 97.8
3. COVID-19 833 97.4
4. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 275 32.1
5. Accidents 259 30.3
  All Causes 5,706 667.0
     
65 and Over 1. Diseases of heart 9,013 1,057.9
2. Malignant neoplasms 6,359 746.4
3. COVID-19 3,523 413.5
4. Cerebrovascular diseases 2,660 312.2
5. Alzheimer's disease 2,630 308.7
  All Causes 37,836 4,441.1
     

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. .