Infant mortality for the 12 months ending with December 2000 was 8.2 per 1,000 live births. In 1999, 26,207 legal abortions were performed (down from 64,200 in 1982), or about 12 per 1,000 women.
Major causes of death in 2000 (with their rates per 100,000 population) included heart disease, 275.5; cerebrovascular diseases, 59.1; accidents and adverse effects, 32.5; motor vehicle accidents, 15.2; and suicide, 9.8. In the same year, the overall death rate of 876.7 per 100,000 population was slightly above the national rate of 873.1. The HIV-related death rate for 2000 was only 2.5 per 100,000 population; the US rate was 5.3 per 100,000 that same year. A total of 11,863 AIDS cases were reported through 2001. Among persons ages 18 and older, 24.2% were current smokers in 2000.
Michigan's 145 community hospitals had 1,122,004 admissions and 25,630 beds in 2001. There were 34,053 full-time registered nurses and 3,982 full-time licensed practical nurses in 2001 and 250 physicians per 100,000 population in 2000. The average expense of a community hospital for care was $1,390.40 per inpatient day in 2001.
Federal government grants to cover the Medicare and Medicaid services in 2001 totaled $4.2 billion; 1,414,054 enrollees received Medicare benefits that year. At least 10.4% of the population was uninsured in 2002.