“I’m looking for a girlfriend,” said Aviles, who sells Mexican snacks in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood. Aviles is one of the many Hispanic immigrant seniors living a long life in the United States. And that’s what’s perplexing demographers, health professionals and other researchers. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report last week that found life expectancy for Hispanics living in the United States is about 80 years, two years longer than whites and seven years longer than African-Americans. The report is based on death certificates from 2006. Researchers could not explain the “Hispanic mortality paradox,” why a population categorized as largely poor and uneducated is living so long. READ MORE
“I’m looking for a girlfriend,” said Aviles, who sells Mexican snacks in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood. Aviles is one of the many Hispanic immigrant seniors living a long life in the United States. And that’s what’s perplexing demographers, health professionals and other researchers. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report last week that found life expectancy for Hispanics living in the United States is about 80 years, two years longer than whites and seven years longer than African-Americans. The report is based on death certificates from 2006. Researchers could not explain the “Hispanic mortality paradox,” why a population categorized as largely poor and uneducated is living so long. READ MORE
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