In 2022, it was estimated that nearly 57 percent of the indigenous population in Mexico suffered from social vulnerabilities due to their lack of access to health care services, while non-indigenous people without access to health care accounted for 37.1 percent. In that year, the rate of social vulnerability for lack of health care stood at an average of 39.1 percent at the national level.
Share of population considered vulnerable due to lack of access to health services in Mexico between 2014 and 2022, by ethnicity
According to the source, indigenous population includes any person who is part of an indigenous household, where the head of the household, his or her spouse and/or one of the ascendants (mother or father, stepmother or stepfather, grandparents, great-grandparents, great-great-grandparents or parents-in-law) declared that she or he spoke an indigenous language. In addition, it includes people who said they spoke an indigenous language and who were not part of these households.
The source does not provide data for the odd years.
 The release date corresponds to the date of access.
 Figures prior to 2016 were retrieved from previous reporting.
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National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (Mexico). (October 2, 2024). Share of population considered vulnerable due to lack of access to health services in Mexico between 2014 and 2022, by ethnicity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 12, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1047315/mexico-share-population-lack-access-healthcare-ethnicity/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
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