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.