Death Rates by Specified Causes,
Michigan Residents, 1900-2022
Year Heart
Disease
Cancer
(all forms)
Stroke Accidents
(all forms)
Motor
Vehicle
Accidents
Diabetes Pneumonia Chronic
Liver
Disease &
Cirrhosis
Athero-
sclerosis
1900 117.1 60.3 88.2 71.9 --- 9.3 98.6 --- ---
1901 123.6 60.3 87.3 77.3 --- 10.7 117.9 8.6 ---
1902 132.1 59.3 83.9 71.9 --- 11.6 105.5 --- ---
1903 145.9 66.8 91.5 79.5 --- 10.4 102.7 --- ---
1904 154.5 67.1 94.3 79.0 --- 11.6 102.7 --- ---
1905 142.0 64.7 91.9 77.8 --- 10.2 92.4 --- ---
1906 148.2 65.4 96.2 80.1 --- 11.7 98.7 --- ---
1907 158.5 64.9 99.9 82.0 --- 13.1 112.0 --- ---
1908 153.8 70.3 96.3 74.5 --- 13.1 84.7 --- ---
1909 157.1 70.3 98.8 68.7 --- 13.5 81.7 --- ---
                   
1910 163.0 74.9 110.0 76.8 1.7 14.2 99.1 10.0 ---
1911 160.2 74.0 100.7 73.2 1.5 12.9 95.4 --- ---
1912 178.5 76.8 90.8 67.2 2.5 15.0 93.8 --- ---
1913 160.0 77.8 92.4 76.1 4.3 15.7 100.5 --- ---
1914 162.5 76.6 94.9 66.8 3.8 16.0 92.2 --- ---
1915 171.0 79.2 104.5 68.5 5.9 15.4 99.7 --- ---
1916 175.0 81.5 107.0 85.8 7.7 15.0 111.2 --- ---
1917 178.9 81.1 108.6 85.8 9.8 16.7 130.6 --- ---
1918 174.2 83.8 99.9 74.3 8.0 16.9 207.0 --- ---
1919 157.7 83.5 97.2 72.9 9.2 15.6 113.9 --- ---
                   
1920 183.5 86.1 105.7 72.1 10.8 15.7 157.9 --- ---
1921 163.1 89.1 103.8 65.4 10.6 15.5 75.3 6.9 ---
1922 176.7 89.2 103.5 63.4 13.6 16.7 95.5 6.8 ---
1923 180.7 88.2 109.9 70.3 16.8 15.8 117.4 6.2 ---
1924 168.8 92.4 102.5 74.7 24.2 16.0 80.5 6.2 ---
1925 177.2 90.7 108.6 77.0 25.9 17.5 77.4 7.5 ---
1926 189.4 93.5 106.6 81.3 27.9 17.0 101.5 7.5 ---
1927 195.5 95.0 97.5 80.9 30.9 18.2 78.9 7.6 ---
1928 212.4 95.1 102.4 80.4 31.0 19.6 98.1 8.1 ---
1929 215.6 96.7 99.3 82.8 32.8 19.8 89.2 7.6 ---
                   
1930 205.4 94.4 93.6 78.6 32.5 18.2 68.6 6.8 21.6
1931 209.0 97.5 89.8 74.3 31.0 19.5 59.0 7.5 20.6
1932 226.6 100.2 91.7 64.5 25.0 22.8 65.7 7.8 19.2
1933 231.7 101.8 86.9 66.5 25.7 22.2 55.5 7.1 19.5
1934 236.1 107.2 89.6 75.4 30.2 22.0 69.2 7.5 18.3
1935 246.7 106.9 87.5 74.7 33.2 24.3 75.3 7.3 17.8
1936 262.7 113.0 92.4 103.1 37.8 24.9 80.5 8.8 19.6
1937 257.8 111.7 85.3 89.2 42.6 24.5 79.8 8.4 22.8
1938 268.4 117.1 87.8 69.7 28.8 24.8 55.5 8.2 16.8
1939 285.7 120.7 84.7 72.1 29.8 26.1 53.8 7.4 17.6
                   
1940 294.5 123.9 89.2 75.4 33.2 26.8 47.1 8.9 17.9
1941 289.8 120.5 86.4 81.8 39.6 25.4 41.1 8.3 16.7
1942 289.2 120.0 87.4 66.5 24.7 26.1 42.4 9.7 18.3
1943 331.3 132.5 98.8 64.7 19.1 28.5 54.5 9.6 20.3
1944 316.2 135.3 92.1 62.3 20.5 28.9 44.1 8.8 18.2
1945 320.5 137.7 97.4 63.1 22.1 28.7 35.5 9.8 17.8
1946 309.9 137.4 91.5 66.1 26.4 26.8 33.1 9.7 16.3
1947 303.4 134.9 89.4 63.4 24.7 26.7 34.4 11.5 17.0
1948 302.3 134.6 85.1 64.8 24.9 28.6 29.9 12.4 17.5
1949 301.3 136.9 85.6 60.4 23.5 29.7 29.7 11.5 17.9
                   
1950 322.1 136.3 100.1 59.4 26.4 22.6 21.3 9.7 20.3
1951 322.6 140.4 100.5 59.8 27.6 21.0 24.7 8.7 20.0
1952 316.8 138.0 97.2 58.2 27.1 20.0 23.4 8.9 19.3
1953 327.3 144.5 102.8 63.8 29.9 20.7 22.4 10.4 18.5
1954 318.4 143.9 99.1 56.2 27.3 20.9 19.6 9.6 16.7
1955 323.9 142.3 101.7 58.2 29.4 19.6 21.3 11.1 17.1
1956 328.1 139.6 94.7 52.2 24.3 19.2 22.9 10.5 16.6
1957 325.1 138.5 97.8 46.7 21.5 19.4 26.2 11.0 16.0
1958 320.6 139.2 95.9 42.0 18.6 20.3 26.4 10.4 16.5
1959 318.1 139.6 96.7 46.1 19.9 21.5 22.7 10.2 17.6
                   
1960 328.9 144.8 98.2 47.1 21.9 22.8 25.6 10.7 17.3
1961 322.9 145.2 98.0 46.7 21.0 22.5 21.4 10.9 18.3
1962 342.9 148.0 98.0 47.3 21.0 24.0 23.0 10.8 18.6
1963 342.3 150.4 101.7 50.2 25.0 25.5 24.8 11.9 20.6
1964 339.5 149.2 98.0 54.5 28.2 25.4 21.2 12.3 19.2
1965 343.1 151.5 94.8 54.8 27.7 26.3 24.2 13.0 21.1
1966 340.1 150.4 93.0 57.0 29.0 27.0 24.4 13.9 21.0
1967 333.8 151.2 91.1 52.4 26.3 25.3 22.9 14.4 20.1
1968 342.1 153.2 91.2 53.1 28.4 26.5 27.0 14.5 14.5
1969 336.6 152.6 88.2 54.6 29.5 25.1 25.5 16.4 14.8
                   
1970 329.1 152.7 86.7 49.9 26.0 24.6 22.6 17.6 13.2
1971 335.4 151.5 87.2 49.3 25.3 23.4 22.1 18.5 13.2
1972 342.0 155.6 88.6 50.6 27.1 24.6 22.3 19.7 12.8
1973 330.1 156.7 88.0 51.0 26.3 22.9 21.6 18.9 12.6
1974 320.8 156.3 83.9 46.2 21.2 21.3 18.0 18.1 13.0
1975 310.7 158.6 79.7 43.9 20.2 20.0 18.6 17.3 12.3
1976 320.6 163.2 80.7 42.9 21.9 18.9 19.9 16.3 13.2
1977 315.6 165.2 74.5 43.1 21.8 17.6 17.9 14.8 12.7
1978 319.6 165.7 70.9 43.1 23.2 16.9 19.9 14.7 12.5
1979 316.7 166.6 65.6 41.5 21.3 15.7 15.7 14.8 12.7
                   
1980 321.8 171.0 66.6 39.2 20.3 15.8 18.5 14.7 13.5
1981 327.6 175.3 66.5 36.8 18.8 16.1 17.9 13.6 13.8
1982 330.2 181.7 64.1 34.2 17.1 14.8 18.3 13.6 14.1
1983 336.1 185.5 63.2 32.6 15.7 16.2 22.2 13.8 14.0
1984 332.6 186.8 62.2 33.7 18.0 16.3 22.3 13.2 12.6
1985 337.3 190.4 60.9 35.6 18.5 15.3 24.2 13.8 12.9
1986 342.6 189.8 59.4 35.1 19.0 16.4 27.5 12.3 13.3
1987 332.2 192.3 59.7 34.2 18.8 16.1 25.9 12.0 12.7
1988 327.8 194.1 56.8 35.1 19.6 16.5 28.5 11.7 12.9
1989 302.9 197.4 55.9 34.9 18.9 22.2 28.5 12.6 9.0
                   
1990 295.7 197.8 54.7 33.7 17.9 21.6 30.8 12.1 8.7
1991 292.9 204.4 55.0 32.0 15.9 22.3 29.5 11.3 8.8
1992 283.7 202.9 53.7 30.0 15.1 22.3 28.5 10.0 8.2
1993 299.2 201.3 55.6 29.7 15.1 22.1 31.3 10.6 7.9
1994 294.2 202.5 59.3 30.5 15.1 23.2 30.0 10.8 8.4
1995 289.9 201.3 60.6 32.5 16.6 23.3 31.1 10.4 7.8
1996 287.3 200.9 59.0 31.5 16.2 24.1 30.9 9.9 7.8
1997 277.5 199.3 58.5 31.9 15.4 24.9 28.7 9.9 7.1
1998 283.6 198.0 58.7 31.5 14.8 24.9 31.5 10.0 6.6
1999 279.2 199.4 61.0 31.9 15.2 26.1 23.2 10.4 5.9
                   
2000 274.9 197.8 57.9 32.4 14.9 26.1 18.4 10.3 6.7
2001 266.0 194.9 56.3 24.3 13.4 26.2 20.5 10.5 6.1
2002 262.0 196.4 56.9 32.1 13.1 27.3 19.9 9.7 5.6
2003 255.3 193.3 53.5 32.4 13.5 25.9 19.1 9.8 5.1
2004 243.9 193.3 51.9 32.4 12.8 29.0 19.3 9.6 4.9
2005 247.0 197.6 49.7 33.7 12.0 28.0 19.2 10.0 4.6
2006 238.5 198.5 46.7 35.0 11.3 27.8 16.5 9.6 3.8
2007 240.3 198.7 45.9 36.8 11.8 28.0 16.2 10.0 3.7
2008 243.2 201.2 46.4 36.7 10.9 27.4 18.7 10.8 3.4
2009 231.9 203.0 44.4 36.9 9.6 27.1 15.5 10.8 3.2
                   
2010 236.1 208.7 45.3 38.0 10.6 27.3 15.4 11.4 3.5
2011 238.0 206.1 45.1 39.4 10.0 28.1 17.1 11.4 3.2
2012 237.7 207.4 44.5 38.5 10.5 27.1 15.6 11.5 3.4
2013 243.9 206.0 44.1 42.4 10.6 28.5 19.1 11.9 3.5
2014 247.8 212.5 46.1 44.1 9.9 28.6 18.8 12.0 3.4
2015 245.5 205.1 46.0 45.8 8.3 27.3 18.9 12.7 3.1
2016 255.1 211.2 49.3 53.9 9.9 27.0 16.9 12.5 2.8
2017 252.6 207.2 50.1 57.4 10.6 28.1 18.0 13.3 3.2
2018 253.6 210.3 51.8 55.7 10.2 28.3 18.7 13.1 3.0
2019 255.3 208.9 51.7 53.5 10.5 29.3 16.6 14.4 3.3
                   
2020 269.1 209.8 58.3 60.0 11.9 33.9 18.6 16.6 3.0
2021 265.2 211.1 57.4 65.3 13.3 34.2 13.2 17.9 2.9
2022 270.5 209.0 57.6 64.1 10.9 34.0 14.3 16.6 2.5

Note: Rates are per 100,000 population. Cancer includes leukemias, aleukemias, and Hodgkin's disease beginning with 1921. Stroke was called cerebrovascular disease between 1969 - 1995 and vascular lesions affecting central nervous system prior to 1968. Accidents included motor vehicle accidents. Accidents exclude injuries undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted since 1968. Motor vehicle accidents do not include collision with heavier vehicles from 1910 through 1922. Motorcycle accidents are included beginning 1923. Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis was called cirrhosis of the liver prior to 1979. Atherosclerosis was called general arteriosclerosis prior to 1968 and was called arteriosclerosis from 1968-1978.

The underlying cause of death is the condition giving rise to the chain of events leading to death. Between January 1, 1979 and December 31, 1998, the underlying causes of death were classified in accordance with the Ninth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9), a coding structure developed by the World Health Organization. Starting January 1, 1999, causes of death were classified using the Tenth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10). With each revision there are differences in classifying the underlying cause of death. Therefore, health statistics based on one revision are not directly comparable to the other revision without the use of comparability ratios.

The comparability ratio results from double-coding a large sample of the national mortality file, once by the old revision (ICD-9) and again by the new revision (ICD-10), and expressing the results of the comparison as a ratio of deaths for a cause of death by the later revision divided by the number of that cause of death coded and classified by the earlier revision. A ratio greater than 1.0 indicates that the new coding structure will classify more deaths to that underlying cause of death. The comparability ratio for motor vehicle accidents is .85; for Atherosclerosis the ratio is .96. The ICD-10/ICD-9 conversion table shows comparability ratios for other causes of death shown in this table.

See the National Center for Health Statistics for more information on the comparability ratio and the classification of mortality.
Source: Michigan Resident Death Files, 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. .