US Leading Causes of Hispanic or Latino Deaths in 2022 (CDC)
Updated on October 10, 2024.
According to the CDC data, in 2022, there were 288,787 Hispanic or Latino deaths in the US, which was 8.78% of US total. The leading cause of Hispanic or Latino deaths was Heart Diseases, with a count of 71,141 deaths (24.63% of total). The second leading cause was Cancer, with a count of 46,385 deaths (16.06% of total). And, the third leading cause was Accidents, with a count of 31,461 deaths (10.89% of total).
The chart below shows the percentages of Hispanic or Latino deaths related to the top 10 causes. The table below shows the number and percentage of deaths for the different causes of Hispanic or Latino deaths in the US.
You can see similar information for other racial and ethnic groups in the US.
Data Source: CDC.
US Leading Causes of Hispanic or Latino Deaths in 2022
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Cause of Death | Number of Deaths | Percent of Total Ethnicity Deaths (%) |
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Heart Diseases | 71141 | 24.63 |
All other diseases (Residual) | 69707 | 24.14 |
Cancer | 46385 | 16.06 |
Accidents | 31461 | 10.89 |
Diabetes | 12859 | 4.45 |
Alzheimer | 9706 | 3.36 |
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis | 9192 | 3.18 |
Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 6134 | 2.12 |
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis | 5473 | 1.90 |
Suicide | 5331 | 1.85 |
Homicide | 4663 | 1.62 |
Influenza and pneumonia | 4359 | 1.51 |
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings | 3153 | 1.09 |
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period | 2590 | 0.90 |
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities | 1926 | 0.67 |
HIV | 815 | 0.28 |
Peptic ulcer | 373 | 0.13 |
Sudden infant death syndrome | 271 | 0.09 |
Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium | 229 | 0.08 |
Tuberculosis | 104 | 0.04 |
Syphilis | 12 | 0.00 |