Title |
Mortality among US-born and immigrant Hispanics in the US: effects of nativity, duration of residence, and age at immigration
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Published in |
International Journal of Public Health, May 2015
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DOI | 10.1007/s00038-015-0686-7 |
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Authors |
Julia S. Holmes, Anne K. Driscoll, Melonie Heron |
Abstract |
We examined the effects of duration of residence and age at immigration on mortality among US-born and foreign-born Hispanics aged 25 and older. We analyzed the National Health Interview Survey-National Death Index linked files from 1997-2009 with mortality follow-up through 2011. We used Cox proportional hazard models to examine the effects of duration of US residence and age at immigration on mortality for US-born and foreign-born Hispanics, controlling for various demographic, socioeconomic and health factors. Age at immigration included 4 age groups: <18, 18-24, 25-34, and 35+ years. Duration of residence was 0-15 and >15 years. We observed a mortality advantage among Hispanic immigrants compared to US-born Hispanics only for those who had come to the US after age 24 regardless of how long they had lived in the US. Hispanics who immigrated as youths (<18) did not differ from US-born Hispanics on mortality despite duration of residence. Findings suggest that age at immigration, rather than duration of residence, drives differences in mortality between Hispanic immigrants and the US-born Hispanic population. |
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United States | 2 | 25% |
Chile | 1 | 13% |
Unknown | 5 | 63% |
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Members of the public | 6 | 75% |
Scientists | 1 | 13% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 13% |
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United States | 1 | 2% |
Unknown | 58 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
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Student > Ph. D. Student | 16 | 27% |
Student > Master | 11 | 19% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 8% |
Professor > Associate Professor | 3 | 5% |
Lecturer | 2 | 3% |
Other | 8 | 14% |
Unknown | 14 | 24% |
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Social Sciences | 12 | 20% |
Psychology | 10 | 17% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 9 | 15% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 7% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 3% |
Other | 4 | 7% |
Unknown | 18 | 31% |