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SUBMITTER: Lariscy JT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4318748 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lariscy Joseph T JT Hummer Robert A RA Hayward Mark D MD
Demography 20150201 1
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 paradox--the similarity in death rates between Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites despite Hispanics' socioeconomic disadvantage--characterizes all adult Hispanics or just some age, gen ...[more]