Health of the Asian Population in the United States: Key Statistics

The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) collects key health figures for the Asian population of the United States from its national surveys and vital records. Some figures cover everyone who identifies as Asian; others, marked "non-Hispanic," exclude Asian people who are also Hispanic.

Births (non-Hispanic Asian)

• Births: 226,860.
• Birth rate: 46.3 per 1,000 women aged 15–44.

Births: Final Data for 2024.

Health, smoking and insurance (Asian)

From the National Health Interview Survey, 2024:

Obesity and high blood pressure (non-Hispanic Asian)

From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey:

Deaths (non-Hispanic Asian)

From the National Vital Statistics System, 2024:

• Deaths: 87,728.
• Death rate: 397.3 per 100,000 population.
• Leading causes of death: cancer, heart disease and stroke (cerebrovascular diseases).
• Infant mortality: 3.72 infant deaths per 1,000 live births (Infant Mortality in the United States, 2024).

More data

NCHS publishes matching summaries for the American Indian or Alaska Native, Black or African American non-Hispanic, Hispanic or Latino, Mexican American, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and White non-Hispanic populations, and longer trends in Health, United States.

Sources

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, FastStats: "Health of Asian Population," drawing on Births: Final Data for 2024, the National Health Interview Survey (2019–2024), Health, United States, 2019 (Table 26), the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, CDC WONDER mortality data (2024) and Infant Mortality in the United States, 2024.