Trends in Premature Deaths Among Adults in the United States and Latin America.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Premature death rates vary in the United States by race/ethnicity. Despite their socioeconomic disadvantages, US Latino populations have lower premature mortality rates than do US white populations, a phenomenon termed the "Latino or Hispanic paradox."

Objective

To investigate whether there is a broader Latin American paradox by comparing premature mortality rates in the United States according to race/ethnicity with rates in Latin America and Puerto Rico from 2001 to 2015.

Design, setting, and participants

This descriptive cross-sectional study used mortality data from the World Health Organization Mortality Database. All deaths occurring in individuals aged 20 to 64 years among US Latino, African American, white, and Puerto Rican and 12 other Latin Americ

SUBMITTER: Chen Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8268086 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature