Clara Zepeda
La Jornada Newspaper
Friday, January 23, 2026, p. 7
In Mexico, the main causes of death among adolescents and young people were accidents and homicides in the first half of 2025, reveal data from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi).
When releasing the preliminary figures of the Statistics of Registered Deaths (EDR) corresponding to January-June 2025, the Inegi specified that 402,320 deaths were registered in the country, which represented a decrease of 18,137 compared to the same period in 2024 (420,457).
Based on 4,537 reporting sources, death rates per 100,000 inhabitants were higher in the older age groups, starting from the 45 to 54 age group. By 2025, the figure in all age groups decreased compared to 2024.
According to Inegi, among the main causes of death by age, it stands out that for people between 10 and 14 years old, as well as from 15 to 24, accidents were the main reason, with 315 and 3 thousand 205, respectively, while for those between 25 to 34 and 35 to 44, assaults (homicides) are the first cause of death, with a record of 4 thousand 90 and 3 thousand 264.
On a national scale, heart disease, diabetes mellitus and malignant tumors were the first three reasons for death, for both women and men. Based on the cause that occupies fourth position, differences are observed between the 10 main reasons for death. For example, for the fourth, influenza and pneumonia are for women, and for men they are accidents; or the sixth cause, in men it is homicides, and for women it is liver diseases.
Heart conditions ranked first among the 10 main causes of death, both on a general scale and broken down by sex. The rate per 100 thousand inhabitants decreased 4.2 points compared to the first half of 2024.
In the same period of 2025, of the total deaths registered preliminarily, 44.2 percent corresponded to women and 55.7 percent to men. In 259 cases (0.1 percent) the sex of the person was not specified.
The report details that January was the month with the highest number of registered deaths (19.7 percent), followed by March and May, with 17 and 16.3 percent respectively.
In the state of Mexico, the highest number of deaths of both men (25,330) and women (20,882) is recorded; Mexico City follows, with 20,890 men and 19,101 women; Baja California Sur reported 1,120 and 803 for each case.
