Sunshine Sentinel

There were 510 Hispanic people who died in Florida in the week ending March 5, according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The data shows a decrease from the week before when 626 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
Texas	885
California	681
Florida	510
Arizona	205
New Jersey	122
Illinois	116
Colorado	94
New York	91
New Mexico	87
Connecticut	62
Pennsylvania	62
North Carolina	50
Washington	49
Massachusetts	47
Nevada	40
Georgia	34
Michigan	32
Virginia	32
Ohio	31
Wisconsin	30
Maryland	29
Rhode Island	24
Kansas	23
Tennessee	22
Utah	21
Louisiana	21
Oregon	19
Oklahoma	15
Minnesota	15
Missouri	14
Idaho	14
Indiana	12
Hawaii	11
Wyoming	11
Arkansas	10