Sunshine Sentinel

There were 504 Hispanic people who died in Florida in the week ending Oct. 1, according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The data shows a decrease from the week before when 592 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	816
California	778
Florida	504
Arizona	161
New Mexico	150
New Jersey	138
Illinois	136
Colorado	97
New York	77
Pennsylvania	54
Washington	52
Michigan	46
Massachusetts	45
Nevada	39
North Carolina	32
Connecticut	31
Georgia	29
Oregon	28
Oklahoma	28
Wisconsin	27
Virginia	25
Ohio	24
South Carolina	22
Tennessee	21
Indiana	21
Utah	20
Maryland	20
Kansas	11