Health of Mexican American Population

• Number of births: 508,127

Source: Births: Final Data for 2023 [PDF – 2 MB]

• Percent of adults age 18 and older in fair or poor health: 16.9% (2024)

Source: Interactive Summary Health Statistics for Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2019-2024

• Percent of children younger than age 18 in fair or poor health: 2.6% (2024)

Source: Interactive Summary Health Statistics for Children: National Health Interview Survey, 2019-2024

• Percent of adults age 18 and older who currently smoke cigarettes: 7.2% (2024)

Source: Interactive Summary Health Statistics for Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2019-2024

• Percent of men age 20 and older with hypertension (measured high blood pressure or taking high blood pressure medication): 47.6% (2017-March 2020)
• Percent of women age 20 and older with hypertension (measured high blood pressure or taking high blood pressure medication): 33.4% (2017-March 2020)

Source: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Published by: Health, United States. Table Htn and NCHS Data Query System.

• Percent of men age 20 and older with obesity: 49.5% (2015-2018)
• Percent of women age 20 and older with obesity: 50.9% (2015-2018)

Source: Health, United States, 2019, Table 26 [PDF – 9.8 MB]

• Percent of adults ages 18–64 without health insurance coverage at the time of interview: 27.7% (2024)

Source: Interactive Summary Health Statistics for Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2019-2024

• Percent of children younger than age 18 without health insurance coverage at the time of interview: 8.3% (2024)

Source: Interactive Summary Health Statistics for Children: National Health Interview Survey, 2019-2024

• Number of deaths: 174,828
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 469.5

Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2021, Table 3 [PDF – 4 MB]

• Infant deaths per 1,000 live births: 5.12

Source: Infant Mortality in the United States, 2023: Data From the Period Linked Birth/Infant Death File, Table 1 [PDF – 633 KB]

• Birth Data
• Linked Birth and Infant Death Data
• Mortality Statistics
• National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
• National Health Interview Survey
• Office of Minority Health

• Percent of adults who have ever been diagnosed with COPD, emphysema, or chronic bronchitis: 4.3% (2023)

Source: Interactive Summary Health Statistics for Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2019-2023

• Percent of visits to office-based physicians with COPD indicated on the medical record: 4.2%

Source: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2019 National Summary Tables, table 1 [PDF – 865 KB]

• Number of visits to emergency departments with COPD as the primary diagnosis: 854,000

Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2022 National Summary Tables, table 11 [PDF – 1 MB]

Chronic lower respiratory diseases (including asthma) deaths

• Number of deaths: 162,639
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 48.6
• Cause of death rank: 5

Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality Data (2023) via CDC WONDER

• Ambulatory Health Care Data
• Mortality Statistics
• National Health Interview Survey
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: COPD
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: COPD
• American Lung Association: COPD
• American Thoracic Society: COPD