Sunshine Sentinel

There were 572 Hispanic people who died in Florida in the week ending July 2, according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The data shows a decrease from the week before when 648 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	1,000
Texas	825
Florida	572
Arizona	169
New Jersey	148
Illinois	122
New Mexico	111
Colorado	101
New York	94
Pennsylvania	66
Nevada	59
Massachusetts	55
North Carolina	48
Washington	41
Utah	37
Georgia	33
Maryland	30
Kansas	27
Michigan	27
Virginia	26
Oregon	24
Ohio	22
Wisconsin	21
Louisiana	17
Hawaii	16
Missouri	14
Oklahoma	11