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Explaining low mortality among US immigrants relative to native-born Americans: the role of smoking

Author(s) -

Laura Blue,

Andrew Fenelon

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyr011

Subject(s) - life expectancy , demography , immigration , medicine , foreign born , mortality rate , native born , longevity , gerontology , census , population , environmental health , geography , archaeology , sociology

In many developed countries, immigrants live longer-that is, have lower death rates at most or all ages-than native-born residents. This article tests whether different levels of smoking-related mortality can explain part of the 'healthy immigrant effect' in the USA, as well as part of the related 'Hispanic paradox': the tendency for US Hispanics to outlive non-Hispanic Whites.

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