Health of Mexican American Population

Data are for the U.S.

Live births
  • Number of births: 485,127

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

Health status
  • Percent of adults age 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 age 18 in fair or poor health: 3.7% (2022)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Health insurance coverage
  • 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 age 18 without health insurance coverage: 5.8% (2022)

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

Mortality
  • 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]