Table 1 Cause-specific Hispanic and Non-Hispanic White age-adjusted mortality in the US, 2019–2020.

From: Trends in national and county-level Hispanic mortality in the United States, 2011–2020

2020 Leading Causes of Death

Hispanic

Non-hispanic white

2019

2020

2020–2019 AAMR ratio (95% CI)

2019

2020

2020–2019 AAMR ratio (95% CI)

Deaths

AAMR (95% CI)

Deaths

AAMR (95% CI)

Deaths

AAMR (95% CI)

Deaths

AAMR (95% CI)

COVID-19

0

 

65,237

155.5 (154.3, 156.7)

 

0

 

209,606

66.3 (66.0, 66.6)

 

Heart disease

41,794

111.3 (110.2, 112.4)

48,323

122.7 (121.6, 123.9)

1.10 (0.34, 3.56)

513,673

165.8 (165.3, 166.2)

530,355

170.1 (169.6, 170.6)

1.03 (0.70, 1.52)

Malignant neoplasms

43,079

105.6 (104.6, 106.6)

43,942

103.6 (102.5, 104.6)

0.98 (0.37, 2.61)

462,064

151.4 (150.9, 151.8)

463,160

149.9 (149.4, 150.3)

0.99 (0.67, 1.47)

Unintentional injuries

18,874

35.1 (34.6, 35.6)

23,152

41.2 (40.7, 41.8)

1.17 (0.65, 2.11)

125,755

54.6 (54.3, 55.0)

141,335

62.8 (62.4, 63.1)

1.15 (0.78, 1.70)

Diabetes mellitus

10,166

25.6 (25.1, 26.1)

13,370

34.9 (34.3, 35.5)

1.21 (0.67, 2.18)

57,325

19 (18.9, 19.2)

64,098

21.1 (20.9, 21.3)

1.11 (0.91, 1.35)

Cerebrovascular diseases

11,959

32.8 (32.2, 33.4)

12,832

30.9 (30.4, 31.5)

1.06 (0.59, 1.91)

111,060

35.6 (35.4, 35.8)

116,752

37.1 (36.9, 37.3)

1.04 (0.86, 1.27)

  1. Abbreviations: AAMR age-adjusted mortality rate, deaths per 100,000 individuals, CI confidence interval, COVID-19 Coronavirus Disease 2019.