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Title: Hispanic Older Adult Mortality in the United States: New Estimates and an Assessment of Factors Shaping the Hispanic Paradox

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Publication Year: 2015

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Abstract: Hispanics make up a rapidly growing proportion of the U.S. older adult population, so a firm grasp of their mortality patterns is paramount for identifying racial/ethnic differences in life chances in the population as a whole. Documentation of Hispanic mortality is also essential for assessing whether the Hispanic paradoxthe similarity in death rates between Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites despite Hispanics socioeconomic disadvantagecharacterizes all adult Hispanics or just some age, gender, nativity, or national-origin subgroups. We estimate age-/sex- and cause-specific mortality rate ratios and life expectancy for foreign-born and U.S.-born Hispanics, foreign-born and U.S.-born Mexican Americans, non-Hispanic blacks, and non-Hispanic whites ages 65 and older using the 19892006 National Health Interview Survey Linked Mortality Files. Results affirm that Hispanic mortality estimates are favorable relative to those of blacks and whites, but particularly so for foreign-born Hispanics and smoking-related causes. However, if not for Hispanics socioeconomic disadvantage, their mortality levels would be even more favorable.

Url: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13524-014-0357-y

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Authors: Lariscy, Joseph T; Hummer, Robert A; Hayward, Mark D

Periodical (Full): Demography

Issue: 1

Volume: 52

Pages: 1-14

Data Collections: IPUMS Health Surveys - NHIS

Topics: Health, Race and Ethnicity

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