Sunshine Sentinel

There were 574 Hispanic people who died in Florida in the week ending December 25, according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The data shows a decrease from the week before when 584 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.

State	Lives lost
California	1,052
Texas	849
Florida	574
Arizona	272
Illinois	171
Colorado	162
New Jersey	155
New Mexico	152
New York	115
Nevada	75
Michigan	72
Pennsylvania	62
Massachusetts	58
Ohio	50
Indiana	47
Connecticut	47
Virginia	44
Washington	40
Wisconsin	38
Kansas	33
Utah	29
Georgia	29
Tennessee	28
Missouri	18
Oregon	16
Oklahoma	16
Maryland	16
Minnesota	14
Alabama	12
Wyoming	11
Idaho	10