Table 4.
Life Expectancy Advantage | Advantage in the Absence of Smoking | % of advantage attributable to smoking | |
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Women
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US-born Mexican-American | 1.92 | 1.33 | 68.20% |
US-born other Hispanic | −1.57 | −0.78 | 49.68%1 |
Foreign-born Mexican-American | 3.11 | 1.67 | 53.71% |
Foreign-born other Hispanic | 2.98 | 1.47 | 49.33% |
Men
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US-born Mexican-American | 0.81 | 0.57 | 70.10% |
US-born other Hispanic | −0.4 | −0.11 | 27.51%1 |
Foreign-born Mexican-American | 2.14 | 1.29 | 60.28% |
Foreign-born other Hispanic | 2.72 | 1.89 | 69.49% |
Notes: Life expectancy advantages are in years at age 35. Smoking-attributable mortality and contribution of smoking estimated using a standard attributable-risk method. Coefficients for smoking status are adjusted for education: high school or less, and college graduate or more.
For US-born other Hispanics, higher smoking attributable mortality partially explains their mortality disadvantage relative to whites.