Table 1.

Age-specific mortality rate ratios by race/ethnicity/nativity relative to non-Hispanic whites, U.S. adults 65 and older

	Foreign-born Hispanic		U.S.-born Hispanic
Age	All	Mexican Origin	All	Mexican Origin	Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic White
Females
65–69	0.75**	0.94	1.01	0.89	1.47**	1.00
	(0.10)	(0.12)	(0.10)	(0.13)	(0.04)
70–74	0.74**	0.76*	0.97	0.89	1.38**	1.00
	(0.09)	(0.14)	(0.08)	(0.10)	(0.04)
75–79	0.67**	0.85	1.04	1.09	1.30**	1.00
	(0.08)	(0.13)	(0.08)	(0.09)	(0.04)
80–84	0.74**	0.62**	1.02	0.99	1.11**	1.00
	(0.08)	(0.14)	(0.07)	(0.10)	(0.03)
85–89	0.68**	0.71**	1.08	0.98	1.02	1.00
	(0.08)	(0.13)	(0.08)	(0.11)	(0.03)
90+	0.75**	0.79	1.01	0.96	0.82**	1.00
	(0.08)	(0.16)	(0.09)	(0.13)	(0.04)
Deaths	1,215	432	1,124	708	6,128	37,123
Person- years	50,314	17,027	37,346	25,805	149,444	982,400
Males
65–69	0.78**	0.70**	0.95	1.01	1.55**	1.00
	(0.07)	(0.12)	(0.08)	(0.09)	(0.04)
70–74	0.80*	0.61**	0.99	0.99	1.35**	1.00
	(0.10)	(0.14)	(0.07)	(0.07)	(0.04)
75–79	0.68**	0.65**	0.87*	0.89	1.20**	1.00
	(0.06)	(0.13)	(0.06)	(0.07)	(0.03)
80–84	0.73**	0.72**	0.75**	0.78*	1.22**	1.00
	(0.07)	(0.13)	(0.08)	(0.10)	(0.04)
85–89	0.69**	0.64**	1.03	0.85	0.95	1.00
	(0.10)	(0.16)	(0.09)	(0.13)	(0.05)
90+	0.60**	0.71*	0.92	0.71	0.76**	1.00
	(0.12)	(0.17)	(0.19)	(0.27)	(0.07)
Deaths	1,163	434	1,073	724	5,041	34,523
Person- years	35,481	13,601	27,574	19,208	90,800	720,611

Note: Rate ratios are weighted, whereas the total deaths and person-years are unweighted.

Source: 1989–2006 NHIS-LMF.

^*p < .05;

^**p < .01