Hispanic Subgroups Have Different Health Risks

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Hispanic Subgroups Have Different Health Risks, CDC Says


Health risks in Hispanics vary by their country or region of origin, and by whether they were born in the United States or not, according to a report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).


Kenneth Dominguez, MD, MPH, from the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention at the CDC, and colleagues present their findings in an early release May 5 in the Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report.


Dr Dominguez and CDC Director Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, reported on the first national study on Hispanic health risks and leading causes of death in the United States at a CDC telebriefing today.


Hispanics are the largest racial and ethnic minority group in the United States, representing an estimated 17.7% of the US population, and this figure is expected to rise to 25% by 2035.


Almost half (41.5%) of Hispanics had no health insurance compared with 15.1% of whites. More Hispanics than whites reported that they had delayed or not obtained necessary medical care because of cost (15.5% vs 13.6%).Hispanics,


Those from Mexico and Puerto Rico are approximately twice as likely to die from diabetes as whites. Mexicans are also almost twice as likely to die from chronic liver disease and cirrhosis compared with whites.

Smoking is less common overall among Hispanics (14%) than among whites (24%), but is high among men from Puerto Rico (26%) and Cuba (22%). Almost 66% more Puerto Ricans smoke than Mexicans.
Approximately 40% of Cubans aged 50 to 75 years get screened for colorectal cancer (29% of men and 49% of women) compared with 58% of Puerto Ricans (54% of men and 61% of women) and 58.7% of whites.
Hypertension is about as likely among Hispanics as whites, but Hispanic women with hypertension are twice as likely to get control of it as Hispanic men.

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