Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ356377
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1987
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Mortality Differentials among Persons Born in Cuba, Mexico, and Puerto Rico Residing in the United States, 1979-81.
Rosenwaike, Ira
American Journal of Public Health, v77 n5 p603-06 May 1987
Examines the mortality experience in 1979-81 of three first generation Hispanic subpopulations in the United States. Reports that mortality is relatively high among adolescents and young adults, particularly males, largely due to violent deaths. Aged migrants exhibit relatively low death rates from heart disease and cancer. (KH)
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Cubans, Death, Health, Hispanic Americans, Immigrants, Males, Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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