Health of Mexican American Population

• Number of births: 485,127

Source: Births: Final Data for 2021 [PDF – 1 MB]

• Percent of adults ages 18 and older in fair or poor health: 16.0% (2022)

Source: Interactive Summary Health Statistics for Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2019-2022

• Percent of children younger than 18 in fair or poor health: 3.7% (2022)

Source: Interactive Summary Health Statistics for Children: National Health Interview Survey, 2019-2022

• Percent of adults ages 18 and older who currently smoke cigarettes: 8.2% (2022)

Source: Interactive Summary Health Statistics for Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2019-2022

• Percent of men ages 20 and older with obesity: 49.5% (2015-2018)
• Percent of women ages 20 and older with obesity: 50.9% (2015-2018)

Source: Health, United States, 2019, Table 26 [PDF – 9.8 MB]

• Percent of men ages 20 and older with hypertension (measured high blood pressure and/or taking antihypertensive medication): 45.3% (2015-2018)
• Percent of women ages 20 and older with hypertension (measured high blood pressure and/or taking antihypertensive medication): 34.2% (2015-2018)

Source: Health, United States, 2019, Table 22 [PDF – 9.8 MB]

• Percent of adults ages 18–64 without health insurance coverage: 31.3% (2022)

Source: Interactive Summary Health Statistics for Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2019-2022

• Percent of children younger than 18 without health insurance coverage: 5.8% (2022)

Source: Interactive Summary Health Statistics for Children: National Health Interview Survey, 2019-2022

• Number of deaths: 112,247
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 301.8

Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2019, Supplemental Tables, table I-5 [2.5 MB]

• Infant deaths per 1,000 live births: 4.91

Source: Infant Mortality in the United States, 2021: Data From the Period Linked Birth/Infant Death File, Table 1 [PDF – 634 KB]

• Birth Data
• Linked Birth and Infant Death Data
• Mortality Statistics
• National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
• National Health Interview Survey
• Office of Minority Health