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Social science & medicine · Jan 1988
Violent deaths among Mexican-, Puerto Rican- and Cuban-born migrants in the United States.
- D Shai and I Rosenwaike.
- Department of Sociology, Villanova University, PA 19085.
- Soc Sci Med. 1988 Jan 1; 26 (2): 269-76.
AbstractThis paper analyzes nationwide and regional mortality rates for violent causes of death among persons born in Mexico, Puerto Rico and Cuba, living in the continental United States. The Mexican-born had the highest death rates from accidents, the Puerto Rican-born from homicide and the Cuban-born from suicide. In each case of excess mortality in an Hispanic nativity group, the death rates for men by cause were higher than the comparative rates for white and blacks both nationally and regionally. Mortality rates for their major cause of violent death were highest for the Puerto Rican-born and Cuban-born men in their areas of concentration. Mexican-born men had higher accident death rates outside their areas of concentration. Contributing factors to violent causes of death include the interaction of socioeconomic, behavioral, cultural and psychological factors.
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