Overview
- INEGI’s definitive death-certificate series shows 89.6% of deaths were from diseases and 10.4% from external causes such as accidents, homicides and suicides.
- Heart disease (192,518), diabetes (112,577) and malignant tumors (95,108) remained the top three causes of death nationally.
- Homicides totaled 33,550 and ranked eighth overall; homicide was the leading cause of death for men aged 15–24, 25–34 and 35–44, with firearms implicated in 71.5% of cases.
- Men accounted for 55.9% of all deaths and women 44.0%; people 65 and older represented 57.9% of deaths, and the 25–34 group had the most homicide victims at 29.3%.
- The crude national death rate was 630 per 100,000, levels remained above pre‑pandemic baselines, and standardized rates varied widely by state, with Chihuahua and Colima among the highest.