Longevity Disparities in Multiethnic Hawaii: An Analysis of 2000 Life Tables
| Autor: | Chai Bin Park, Alvin T. Onaka, Caryn J Tottori, Kathryn L. Braun, Brian Y. Horiuchi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Male Gerontology medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Immigration Ethnic group Hawaii Young Adult Life Expectancy medicine Humans Life Tables Mortality Socioeconomic status Aged media_common Research Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Longevity Health Status Disparities Middle Aged Health Surveys Geography Life expectancy Female |
| Zdroj: | Public Health Reports. 124:579-584 |
| ISSN: | 1468-2877 0033-3549 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/003335490912400415 |
| Popis: | Objective. We examined differences among seven major ethnic groups in Hawaii in life expectancy at birth ( e[0]) and mortality at broad age groups. Methods. We constructed life tables for 2000 for Caucasian, Chinese, Filipino, Hawaiian, Japanese, Korean, and Samoan ethnic groups in Hawaii. We partitioned overall mortality into broad age groups: Results. The overall e(0) in Hawaii was 80.5 years, but the difference between the longest-living group (Chinese) and the shortest-living group (Samoan) was 13 years. Chinese had the lowest mortality rates in each age group except the ≥85 category. In this last age group, we observed anomalously low rates for some new immigrant groups (especially Samoan males) suggesting, as a cause, that elders in these immigrant groups may return to natal countries in their old age and die there. In the Conclusions. These findings confirm the need to disaggregate Asian and Pacific Islander data, to conduct ethnic-specific research, and to address socioeconomic disparities. |
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