Overview
- INEGI’s 2024 death registry reports 819,672 deaths, a 2.5% increase from 2023, for a crude national rate of 630 per 100,000 inhabitants.
- Diseases accounted for 89.6% of deaths versus 10.4% from external causes, with the top five causes being heart disease, diabetes, malignant tumors, liver disease and accidents.
- Mexico recorded 33,550 homicides in 2024; homicide dominated mortality among men 15–44 and 71.5% of homicide deaths involved firearms.
- Presumed suicides totaled 9,051, with an upward trend over recent years and men representing 80.6% of cases.
- Mortality varied sharply by state, with the highest standardized death rates in Chihuahua (about 770 per 100,000) and Colima (about 763), while Guanajuato and Estado de México led in homicide counts.