Leading Causes of Death and Cause-Specific Rates by Age
Michigan Residents White Males, 2021
Age Rank and Cause of Death Number Rate
All Ages 1. Diseases of heart 11,941 297.0
2. Malignant neoplasms 9,530 237.1
3. COVID-19 6,328 157.4
4. Accidents 3,153 78.4
5. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 2,250 56.0
  All Causes 50,969 1,267.8
     
Under 1 year 1. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities 42 109.3
2. Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified 27 70.3
3. Unintentional injuries 17 44.3
4. Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes 12 31.2
5–6. Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy
Sudden infant death syndrome
8 20.8
  All Causes 182 473.8
     
1-4 Years 1. Accidents 16 9.5
2–3. Assault (homicide)
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
4 *
4–6. Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
Complications of medical and surgical care
Septicemia
1 *
  All Causes 38 22.5
     
5-14 Years 1. Accidents 15 3.2
2–3. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
Malignant neoplasms
8 1.7
4–5. COVID-19
Diseases of heart
4 *
  All Causes 63 13.3
     
15-24 Years 1. Accidents 176 33.8
2. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 125 24.0
3. Assault (homicide) 24 4.6
4. Malignant neoplasms 20 3.8
5–6. Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
COVID-19
11 2.1
  All Causes 443 85.1
     
25-34 Years 1. Accidents 481 93.5
2. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 167 32.5
3. COVID-19 71 13.8
4. Diseases of heart 52 10.1
5. Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis 40 7.8
  All Causes 1,079 209.8
     
35-49 Years 1. Accidents 705 97.9
2. Diseases of heart 388 53.9
3. COVID-19 328 45.5
4. Malignant neoplasms 261 36.2
5. Intentional self-harm (suicide) 222 30.8
  All Causes 2,802 388.9
     
50-64 Years 1. Diseases of heart 2,189 255.6
2. Malignant neoplasms 2,031 237.2
3. COVID-19 1,393 162.7
4. Accidents 671 78.4
5. Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis 390 45.5
  All Causes 9,548 1,115.1
     
65 and Over 1. Diseases of heart 9,293 1,274.4
2. Malignant neoplasms 7,180 984.6
3. COVID-19 4,521 620.0
4. Chronic lower respiratory diseases 1,888 258.9
5. Cerebrovascular diseases 1,750 240.0
  All Causes 36,814 5,048.5
     

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: 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. .