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

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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.

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.