Sunshine Sentinel

There were 496 Hispanic people who died in Florida in the week ending Sept. 16, according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The data shows a decrease from the week before when 606 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	961
California	920
Florida	496
Arizona	190
New Jersey	141
Illinois	132
New Mexico	116
Colorado	94
New York	80
Pennsylvania	72
Michigan	46
Massachusetts	37
Virginia	36
Washington	35
Maryland	34
Connecticut	32
Indiana	31
Ohio	31
Utah	29
Oregon	28
North Carolina	26
Georgia	25
Kansas	22
Oklahoma	22
Tennessee	21
Wisconsin	18
Louisiana	15
Minnesota	14
Hawaii	14
South Carolina	11
Missouri	11