Health of Mexican American Population

(Data are for the U.S.)

 

Live births

• Number of births: 645,297
• Births per 1,000 women 15-44 years: 91.4
• Percent of births with low birth weight: 6.5%

Source: Births: Final Data for 2009, tables 5, 19 [PDF - 1.3 MB]

 

Health status

• Percent of persons all ages in fair or poor health:  9.5%

Source: Summary Health Statistics for the U.S. Population: National Health Interview Survey, 2010, Appendix III, table V [PDF - 983 KB]

 

Health risk factors

• Percent of men 18 years and over who currently smoke: 19% (2007-2009)
• Percent of women 18 years and over who currently smoke: 8.5% (2007-2009)

Source:  Health, United States, 2010, table 60 [PDF - 9.4 MB]

• Percent of men 20 years and over who are obese: 31% (2005-2008)
• Percent of women 20 years and over who are obese: 43% (2005-2008)

Source:  Health, United States, 2010, table 71 [PDF - 9.4 MB]

• Percent of men 20 years and over with hypertension: 18% (2005-2008)
• Percent of women 20 years and over with hypertension: 19% (2005-2008)

Source: Health, United States, 2010, table 67 [PDF - 9.4 MB]

 

Health insurance coverage

• Percent of persons under 65 years without health insurance coverage: 34.8%

Source:  Summary Health Statistics for the U.S. Population: National Health Interview Survey, 2010, Appendix III, table XVI [PDF - 983 KB]

 

Mortality

• Number of deaths: 80,058
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 249.9

Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2009, table 5 [PDF - 1.4 MB]

• Infant deaths per 1,000 live births: 5.42

Source: Infant Mortality Statistics from the 2007 Period Linked Birth/Infant Death Data Set, table 2 [PDF - 1.4 MB]

 

More data

• Deaths: Final Data for 2009 [PDF - 1.4 MB]
• Health Data Interactive
• Health, United States, trend tables with data for Hispanic/Latino population
• Infant Mortality Statistics from the 2007 Period Linked Birth/Infant Death Data Set [PDF - 1.4 MB]
• Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2010 [PDF - 1.3 MB]
• Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Children: National Health Interview Survey, 2010 [PDF - 715 MB]
• Summary Health Statistics for the U.S. Population: National Health Interview Survey, 2010 [PDF - 983 KB]