Gender and Age of Migration Differences in Mortality Among Older Mexican Americans

Reyes, Adriana; García, Marc A.

doi:10.1093/geronb/gbz038

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“…Finally, research shows substantial variability in longevity and the risk of mortality among older Latinos by racial identification (e.g. White Latino/Black Latino), country of origin, nativity status, duration in the U.S., age of migration, birth cohort, educational attainment, and gender (Arias, Johnson, & Vera, 2020;Fenelon et al, 2017;Garcia et al, 2020;Reyes & Garcia, 2019;Riosmena, Everett, Rogers, & Dennis, 2015;Van Hook, Frisco, & Graham, 2020). In particular, prior research has observed that among adults 65 and older, only Latinos who were racially classified as White had a mortality advantage over Whites (Borrell & Crawford, 2009).…”

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“…For over 30 years, a preponderance of evidence has shown that Latinos residing in the United States experience greater longevity and lower all-cause mortality than non-Latino Whites (hereafter, -Whites‖) despite their higher level of poverty and lower levels of educational attainment and health coverage (Arias & Xu, 2019;Garcia et al, 2019;Hummer, Benjamins, & Rogers, 2004;Lariscy, Hummer, & Hayward, 2015;Markides & Coreil, 1986).…”

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The Disproportionate Impact of COVID-19 on Older Latino Mortality: The Rapidly Diminishing Latino Paradox

Sáenz

García

2020

The Journals of Gerontology: Series B

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Objectives This brief report aims to highlight stark mortality disparities among older Latinos that result from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Methods We use recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to compute age-specific death rates (ASDRs) for three causes of death: deaths from COVID-19, residual deaths, and total deaths for four age-groups (55-64, 65-74, 75-84, and 85 and older) to assess the impact of COVID-19 on older Latino mortality relative to non-Latino Whites and non-Latino Blacks and also in comparison to residual deaths. Additionally, we obtain ASDRs for all causes of deaths from 1999 to 2018 to provide a pre-pandemic context and assess the extent to which the consistently observed mortality advantage of Latinos persists during the pandemic. Results Consistent with previous research, our findings show that Latinos have lower ASDRs for non-COVID-19 causes of death across all age groups compared to non-Latino Whites. However, our findings indicate that Latinos have significantly higher ASDRs for COVID-19 deaths than non-Latino Whites. Furthermore, although the Latino advantage for total deaths persists during the pandemic, it has diminished significantly compared to the 1999-2018 period. Discussion Our findings indicate that as a result of the pandemic, the time-tested Latino paradox has rapidly diminished due to higher COVID-19 mortality among older Latino adults compared to non-Latino Whites. Future research should continue to monitor the impact of COVID-19 to assess the disparate impact of the pandemic on older Black, Latino and non-Latino White adults as additional data become available.

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The Disproportionate Impact of COVID-19 on Older Latino Mortality: The Rapidly Diminishing Latino Paradox

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García

2020

The Journals of Gerontology: Series B

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“…Attention to state variations may provide important contextual information to understand differences between Latinos and whites in the current stages of the pandemic and beyond. Finally, research has shown nativity status, country of origin, age of migration, and gender to be important axes of stratification in the United States that impact the health and mortality of the Latino population (Arias et al, 2020; Brown, 2018; Fenelon et al, 2017; Garcia, Garcia, & Ailshire, 2018; Garcia et al, 2018; Garcia, Reyes, et al, 2020; Garcia, Garcia, & Ailshire, 2022; Garcia, Tarraf, et al, 2022; Reyes & Garcia, 2020). Future studies should consider how the intersection of these identities differentially impacts COVID-19 mortality trends among the U.S. Latino population.…”

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Latino Mortality Paradox Found (Again): COVID-19 Mortality a Tale of Two Years

García

Sáenz

2023

J Aging Health

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Objectives This study examines the resiliency of the Latino Mortality paradox during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are used to compute the ratio of Latino-to-white all-causes death rates for adults aged 45 and older, nationally and among 13 U.S. states with Latino populations greater than one million. Results Nationally, the Latino mortality paradox persisted in 2020 and 2021. However, there was significant variation across states. We document three distinct patterns of COVID-19 mortality across 13 U.S. states: 1) the disappearance of the Latino mortality paradox, 2) the persistence of the Latino mortality paradox, and 3) the disappearance in 2020 and reemergence in 2021 of the Latino mortality paradox. Discussion COVID-19 Mortality has disproportionately affected mid- and late-life Latinos, although the disparities relative to whites have narrowed. We discuss the dynamics influencing the waning and waxing of the Latino mortality paradox.

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“…As more than half of U.S. Latinx people are born outside of the U.S., it is important to consider how these differences affect health ( Brown, 2018 ; Reyes & Garcia, 2020 ; Riosmena, Everett, Rogers, & Dennis, 2015 ). The acculturation measures include nativity and language of the interview .…”

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Social determinants of the Latinx diabetes health disparity: A Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition analysis

Cartwright¹

2021

SSM - Population Health

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Latinx people living in the U.S. report a disproportionately high prevalence of diabetes. This project builds on the existing social determinants of diabetes literature by examining factors associated with a greater likelihood of diabetes and investigates factors correlated with the Latinx/non-Latinx disparity. This project studies the adult sample (18 and older) from the 2010–2018 IPUMS Health: National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) data. Logistic regression analyses are used to examine the patterns between reporting Latinx identity and reporting diabetes with additional subgroup analyses of the Latinx and non-Latinx groups. Then, Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition is used to examine the patterns explaining the difference in self-reported diabetes between the Latinx and non-Latinx population for the whole sample and by age group. The logistic regression analyses show that after adjusting for age and other key social determinants of health, Latinx individuals are approximately 64.5% (OR 1.645, [95% CI, 1.536–1.760]) more likely to report being diagnosed with diabetes than non-Latinx individuals. Individual characteristics of age, race, and smoking behaviors are identified as suppressors of the gap, and conversely, characteristics of income, education, and BMI all contribute to the Latinx diabetes disparity gap. The Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition results show that the measured social determinants of health characteristics explain a meaningful amount of the Latinx diabetes gap. Importantly, differences in education and income (which are more immediately actionable policy areas) make larger contributions to the gap than BMI or other health behaviors.

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Gender and Age of Migration Differences in Mortality Among Older Mexican Americans

Cited by 13 publications

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The Disproportionate Impact of COVID-19 on Older Latino Mortality: The Rapidly Diminishing Latino Paradox

The Disproportionate Impact of COVID-19 on Older Latino Mortality: The Rapidly Diminishing Latino Paradox

Latino Mortality Paradox Found (Again): COVID-19 Mortality a Tale of Two Years

Social determinants of the Latinx diabetes health disparity: A Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition analysis

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