Quantcast

Prairie State Wire

Monday, April 29, 2024

Hispanic deaths in Illinois increase to 131 in week ending Aug. 19

Healthinno

There were 131 Hispanic people who died in Illinois in the week ending Aug. 19, according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The data shows an increase from the week before when 118 people of Hispanic origin died.

Many records within the CDC are incomplete, as only 60 percent of death records are submitted within 10 days of death.

The Brookings Institute believes deaths among minority populations, specifically Hispanic and Blacks, are chronically underreported.

The U.S. Census defines Hispanic people as those who self-identify as such, often with relatives from regions such as Central and Southern America.

Hispanic lives lost in week ending Aug. 19

StateLives lost
California1,205
Texas904
Florida607
Arizona220
New Mexico160
Illinois131
New Jersey123
Colorado107
New York70
Pennsylvania64
North Carolina62
Massachusetts62
Georgia53
Washington52
Nevada49
Connecticut47
Michigan43
Virginia42
Oregon37
Ohio36
Oklahoma27
Indiana25
Maryland24
Wisconsin24
Tennessee21
Utah21
Hawaii20
Kansas20
South Carolina19
Louisiana16
Minnesota15
Idaho14
Missouri14
District of Columbia13
Rhode Island11

MORE NEWS