ALTERNATIVE ESTIMATES OF MEXICAN AMERICAN MORTALITY IN TEXAS, 1980

Variability among four alternative sets of life expectancy estimates for Mexican Americans is compared with Anglo and black life expectancies. Depending upon the definition used, the data demonstrate that Mexican Americans have either higher life expectancies than Anglos or lower ones. These results...

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Published inSocial science quarterly Vol. 65; no. 2; pp. 609 - 617
Main Authors SULLIVAN, Teresa A., GILLESPIE, Francis P., HOUT, Michael, ROGERS, Richard G.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Austin, Tex University of Texas Press 01.06.1984
University of Texas Press, in cooperation with the Southwestern Social Science Association
Subjects
Census data
Censuses
Death
Family names
Fertility and Mortality
Hispanic Americans
Hispanics
Infants
Life expectancy
Life tables
Mexican American/Mexican Americans
Mexican Americans
Mortality
Mortality (see also Death, Dying)
Statistics
Texas
Vital statistics
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Summary:Variability among four alternative sets of life expectancy estimates for Mexican Americans is compared with Anglo and black life expectancies. Depending upon the definition used, the data demonstrate that Mexican Americans have either higher life expectancies than Anglos or lower ones. These results underscore the need to define ethnic populations, especially Mexican Americans, carefully.
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ISSN:0038-4941
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