Evergreen Reporter

There were 55 Hispanic people who died in Washington in the week ending Dec. 3, according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The data shows an increase from the week before when 46 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	1,033
California	789
Florida	473
Arizona	217
Illinois	168
New Jersey	146
New Mexico	114
New York	106
Colorado	102
Pennsylvania	75
Washington	55
Nevada	55
Massachusetts	49
Oregon	47
North Carolina	43
Virginia	42
Michigan	38
Connecticut	37
Ohio	37
Indiana	29
Utah	28
Georgia	25
Oklahoma	25
Wisconsin	23
Maryland	20
Tennessee	18
Missouri	16
South Carolina	16
Rhode Island	15
Iowa	11
Hawaii	11
Kansas	10
Minnesota	10