The literature on immigrant health has repeatedly reported the paradoxical finding, where
immigrants from Latin American countries to OECD countries appear to enjoy better health …

Racial-ethnic disparities in static levels of health are well documented. Less is known about
racial-ethnic differences in age trajectories of health. The few studies on this topic have …

Objectives. In this study, we examined whether racial segregation is associated with poorer
self-rated health among older adults, and whether racial segregation helps explain race …

Despite their low socioeconomic position and lack of health insurance coverage, Hispanics
as a group are often omitted from the health disparities discourse because they are believed …

We used vital records and census data and Medicare and NUMIDENT records to estimate
age-and sex-specific death rates for elderly non-Hispanic whites and Hispanics, including …

Background Little is known about the simultaneous effect of socioeconomic status (SES),
psychosocial, and health-related factors on race differences in mortality in older adults …

Health outcomes among rural minority populations are seldom examined. Our research
studied mortality among urban and rural white, black, and Hispanic adults ages 45–64 …

Objective: To investigate disparities in life satisfaction among older Hispanic immigrants in
the United States relative to their native-born Hispanic and non-Hispanic White counterparts …

Objective.—To compare all-cause and cause-specific mortality rates between Hispanic and
non-Hispanic groups and estimate the effect of family income, place of birth, and place of …

US Hispanics are a disadvantaged population that paradoxically has lower mortality rates
than non-Hispanic whites. We conducted a descriptive analysis of age-adjusted mortality …