Table 2.
Morbidity Life Expectancies Among Women at Ages 50 and 65 by Race/Ethnicity, Nativity, and Country of Origin, NHIS 1999–2015
| Whites | US Mexican | FB Mexican | US Puerto Rican | IB Puerto Rican | FB Cuban | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Years | (SE) | Years | (SE) | p | Years | (SE) | p | Years | (SE) | p | Years | (SE) | p | Years | (SE) | p | |
| Age 50+ | |||||||||||||||||
| TLE | 34.1 | 0.09 | 34.7 | 0.45 | 36.5 | 0.78 | * | 33.6 | 1.86 | 37.5 | 1.25 | * | 36.7 | 0.61 | * | ||
| LE without morbidity | 21.9 | 0.07 | 20.4 | 0.33 | * | 21.2 | 0.46 | 20.3 | 1.45 | * | 20.6 | 0.81 | 26.1 | 0.56 | * | ||
| LE with morbidity | 12.3 | 0.07 | 14.3 | 0.39 | * | 15.4 | 0.69 | * | 13.3 | 1.64 | 16.9 | 0.95 | * | 10.6 | 0.52 | * | |
| Ratio LE without morbidity | 0.64 | 0.01 | 0.59 | 0.01 | * | 0.58 | 0.01 | * | 0.60 | 0.04 | * | 0.55 | 0.02 | * | 0.71 | 0.02 | * |
| Age 65+ | |||||||||||||||||
| TLE | 21.2 | 0.08 | 21.7 | 0.39 | 23.7 | 0.74 | * | 21.0 | 3.11 | 25.1 | 1.38 | * | 23.0 | 0.60 | * | ||
| LE without morbidity | 11.9 | 0.06 | 11.6 | 0.35 | 12.7 | 0.54 | 10.0 | 1.32 | * | 13.3 | 0.93 | 14.7 | 0.51 | * | |||
| LE with morbidity | 9.3 | 0.06 | 10.1 | 0.38 | * | 11.0 | 0.63 | * | 11.0 | 1.88 | 11.8 | 0.99 | * | 8.3 | 0.49 | * | |
| Ratio LE without morbidity | 0.56 | 0.01 | 0.53 | 0.01 | * | 0.53 | 0.02 | * | 0.48 | 0.06 | * | 0.53 | 0.03 | * | 0.64 | 0.02 | * |
Note: FB = foreign-born; IB = island-born; LE = life expectancy; SE = standard error; TLE = total life expectancy.
*Significant at p < .05.