Stroke mortality rates are reported to be lower for Hispanics than non-Hispanic Whites. This
project investigates factors that contribute to this lower rate in three ways: 1) examine the …

Objectives: Stroke mortality rates are reported to be lower for Hispanics than non-Hispanic
Whites. We investigate the degree to which this lower reported mortality is explained by …

Background and Purpose—Although Hispanics are the fastest growing ethnic group in the
United States, relatively little is known about stroke risk in US Hispanics. We compare stroke …

Background and Purpose—Although Hispanics are the fastest growing ethnic group in the
United States, relatively little is known about stroke risk in US Hispanics. We compare stroke …

Objective: To assess stroke risk in older US-born and foreign-born Hispanic Americans
compared to non-Hispanic whites and compare socioeconomic risk factors for stroke across …

Background and Purpose—An excess incidence of strokes among blacks versus whites has
been shown, but data on disparities related to Hispanic ethnicity remain limited. This study …

Background and Purpose This study examines the geographic distribution of stroke mortality
among immigrants and natives of the United States. Methods National Center for Health …

Background/Objective: We studied the association of being born outside of the US
(immigrant) or born in the US (non-immigrant) with 90 day post-stroke outcomes in a …

The issue of barriers to care for immigrants is particularly relevant in the context of stroke,
given two new studies. One study reported that Mexican-Americans were 57 percent more …

Although US blacks are known to have an excess stroke mortality compared with US whites,
little is known about the stroke burden of the Hispanic white population. This report will …