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. 2018 Jul 19;2(2):igy019. doi: 10.1093/geroni/igy019

A Comprehensive Analysis of Morbidity Life Expectancies Among Older Hispanic Subgroups in the United States: Variation by Nativity and Country of Origin

Marc A Garcia 1,, Catherine Garcia 2, Chi-Tsun Chiu 3, Mukaila Raji 1,4, Kyriakos S Markides 1,5
PMCID: PMC6213940  PMID: 30480139

The incorrect versions of Table 3 and Figure 2 were mistakenly included in the final published article. These have now been updated in the Online and PDF versions of the article. The publisher regrets this error.

Table 3.

Morbidity Life Expectancies among Men 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 30.0 0.09 30.3 0.45 33.2 0.72 * 35.2 4.43 * 28.7 0.81 30.7 0.63
LE without morbidity 17.4 0.07 16.8 0.34 19.8 0.48 * 15.6 1.34 * 15.9 0.56 * 19.8 0.55 *
LE with morbidity 12.7 0.08 13.5 0.41 13.4 0.63 19.6 4.15 * 12.8 0.68 10.9 0.58 *
Ratio LE without morbidity 0.58 0.01 0.55 0.01 0.60 0.02 0.45 0.05 * 0.55 0.02 0.65 0.02 *
Age 65+
TLE 17.9 0.07 19.0 0.46 * 21.7 0.83 * 21.6 3.33 * 17.7 0.99 18.4 0.55
LE without morbidity 8.1 0.06 9.2 0.38 * 11.1 0.52 * 6.9 1.64 * 7.7 0.54 10.0 0.45 *
LE with morbidity 9.8 0.07 9.8 0.38 10.6 0.72 14.7 3.19 * 10.0 0.82 8.4 0.50 *
Ratio LE without morbidity 0.45 0.01 0.48 0.02 * 0.51 0.02 * 0.32 0.07 * 0.44 0.03 0.55 0.02 *

Note: TLE = Total life expectancy. LE = Life expectancy. SE = Standard error. FB = Foreign-born. IB = Island-born.

*Significant at p < .05.

Figure 2.

Figure 2.

Estimated years of life expectancy at ages 50 and 65 with and without morbidity among men by race/ethnicity, nativity, and country of origin, NHIS 1999–2015.


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