Hispanic Older Adult Mortality in the United States: New Estimates and an Assessment of Factors Shaping the Hispanic Paradox

Demography

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-14

  Lariscy, Joseph T ^a   Hummer, Robert A ^b   Hayward, Mark D ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult mortality; Hispanic paradox; Race ethnicity; Smoking; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; CAUSE OF DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICAN; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84924975462     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-014-0357-y     Document Type: Article

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