Evergreen Reporter

There were 44 Hispanic people who died in Washington in the week ending Jan. 21, according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The data shows a decrease from the week before when 53 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	1,048
Florida	553
Arizona	217
New Jersey	152
New Mexico	143
Illinois	112
Colorado	111
New York	86
Pennsylvania	74
Nevada	53
Massachusetts	47
Washington	44
Michigan	38
North Carolina	35
Georgia	29
Ohio	29
Maryland	29
Oregon	28
Virginia	24
Oklahoma	24
Connecticut	23
Kansas	22
Utah	17
Hawaii	17
South Carolina	16
Indiana	16
Missouri	13
Wisconsin	13
Tennessee	12
Rhode Island	10