Objectives: To describe recent advances in our knowledge regarding the health and illness
of older American Indians and Alaska Natives, and factors underlying why this special …

The burden of health conditions across race and ethnicity fo... : Medicine The burden of health
conditions across race and ethnicity for aging Americans: Disability-adjusted life years …

Americans who trace their ancestry to Mexico, or those who themselves were born in
Mexico, are an historical part of the southwestern USA. Today, Mexican Americans are …

The “Hispanic Paradox” suggests that despite rates of poverty similar to African Americans,
Hispanics have far better health and mortality outcomes, more comparable to non-Hispanic …

Objective. This paper investigates how race/ethnicity is associated with the mortality risks of
US adults, while considering the influence of nativity. Methods. Data come from the National …

The rapid growth in the Hispanic population, and especially in the number of Hispanic youth,
represents one of the most dramatic and important demographic trends affecting the United …

Objectives: Fewnational studies have focused specifically on the functional status of
Hispanic elders. We examined the prevalence of functional limitations and disabilities …

Key findings Data from the National Vital Statistics System• The age-adjusted death rate for
Hispanic adults aged 25 and over declined 21% from 2000 (995.1 per 100,000 standard …

This article assesses whether there are race differences in functional health among Hispanic
women in the United States; ascertains whether the race differences in functional health vary …

Persons of Mexican origin and some other Latino groups in the United States have
experienced a survival advantage compared with their non-Latino White counterparts, a …