In this review, the authors provide an approach to the study of health disparities in the US
Latino population and evaluate the evidence, using mortality rates for discrete medical …

Knowledge of true mortality trajectory at extreme old ages is important for biologists who test
their theories of aging with demographic data. Studies using both simulation and direct age …

Abstract The Validity of Race and Hispanic Origin Reporting on Death Certificates in the
United States by Elizabeth Arias, Ph. D., National Center for Health Statistics; William S …

Discussion of growing inequity in US life expectancy increasingly focuses on the
popularized narrative that it is driven by a surge of “deaths of despair.” Does this narrative fit …

Objectives. This study examined socioeconomic differentials in mortality among Hispanics in
the United States, focusing on the older ages. We address previous research suggesting …

Background One of the fundamental building blocks for determining the burden of disease in
populations is to reliably measure the level and pattern of mortality by age and sex. Where …

Background To determine socioeconomic status (SES) gradients in the different dimensions
of health among elderly Costa Ricans. Hypothesis: SES disparities in adult health are …

Objectives. We tested the data artifact hypothesis regarding the Hispanic mortality
advantage by investigating whether and to what degree this advantage is explained by …

Background The Hispanic Population in the United States. Race and Hispanic Origin
Reporting on US Death Certificates. Age Misstatement at the Oldest Ages and Use of …

Household surveys often fail to capture the top tail of income and wealth distributions, as
evidenced by studies based on tax data. Yet to date there is no consensus on how to best …