The Demography of the Elderly in the Americas: The Case of the United States and Mexico

Sáenz, Rogelio

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-12598-5_12

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“…In the present study, we find that a lower proportion of return migrants were U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents compared to older Mexican immigrants in the United States (Sáenz, 2015). Our results, therefore, cannot be extrapolated to older Mexican immigrants in the United States given their stronger ties to the United States and likely greater propensity to contribute to the system.…”

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Social Security Contributions and Return Migration Among Older Male Mexican Immigrants

Aguila

Vega

2017

The Gerontologist

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Social Security Contributions and Return Migration Among Older Male Mexican Immigrants

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Vega

2017

The Gerontologist

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“…Cohn & Passel, 2018), and lack health care coverage compared to their White counterparts (Sáenz, 2015), all which contribute to a higher risk of exposure to COVID-19. In addition, research shows that nursing homes where Latinos and Blacks comprise at least 25 percent of residents are much more likely to have at least one coronavirus infection than nursing homes with less than 5 percent of minority residents (Gebeloff et al, 2020).…”

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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 results of this study also point to the urgency of addressing this disparity. As the relatively young mean age of the U.S. Latinx population is identified as a major suppressor of the diabetes disparity, if the U.S. policymakers do not act, this health disparity will worsen as the U.S. population ages ( Sáenz, 2015 ). The older adult population is rapidly diversifying as the more diverse cohorts of Americans age ( Sáenz, 2015 ).…”

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“…As the relatively young mean age of the U.S. Latinx population is identified as a major suppressor of the diabetes disparity, if the U.S. policymakers do not act, this health disparity will worsen as the U.S. population ages ( Sáenz, 2015 ). The older adult population is rapidly diversifying as the more diverse cohorts of Americans age ( Sáenz, 2015 ). So, at the very least, early screening practices should be better integrated into care plans.…”

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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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The Demography of the Elderly in the Americas: The Case of the United States and Mexico

Cited by 9 publications

References 50 publications

Social Security Contributions and Return Migration Among Older Male Mexican Immigrants

Social Security Contributions and Return Migration Among Older Male Mexican Immigrants

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

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

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