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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 8.
Published in final edited form as: Demogr Res. 2018 May 15;38:1605–1618. doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2018.38.52

Table 1.

Proportion reporting a chronic condition, by race/ethnicity/nativity among females by age group, 2000–2015

Hypertension Heart disease Stroke Cancer Diabetes
50–59 60–69 70+ 50–59 60–69 70+ 50–59 60–69 70+ 50–59 60–69 70+ 50–59 60–69 70+
US Mexican 0.38a 0.57a 0.64a 0.10a 0.16 0.22a 0.04a 0.05a 0.10 0.07a 0.12ab 0.12ab 0.19a 0.29ab 0.33a
FB Mexican 0.37a 0.60a 0.67a 0.08a 0.14a 0.22a 0.03 0.04 0.07 0.05a 0.05a 0.09a 0.20a 0.31a 0.33a
US Puerto Rican 0.39a 0.50 0.66 0.15b 0.10 0.23 0.04 0.07ab 0.17b 0.09b 0.11a 0.12a 0.13ab 0.21ab 0.26
IB Puerto Rican 0.47ab 0.64ab 0.68ab 0.15ab 0.18b 0.27b 0.03 0.08ab 0.10 0.09ab 0.11ab 0.11a 0.25a 0.30a 0.29a
FB Cuban 0.33 0.55a 0.66 0.06a 0.09ab 0.18a 0.02 0.04 0.07a 0.04a 0.06a 0.11a 0.11b 0.14b 0.18ab
FB Dominican 0.45ab 0.68ab 0.71ab 0.09 0.15 0.17a 0.02 0.06ab 0.10 0.01ab 0.05a 0.08a 0.12ab 0.29a 0.24a
FB Central/South American 0.33b 0.46b 0.59b 0.05a 0.10ab 0.19a 0.01b 0.03 0.08 0.06a 0.07ab 0.08a 0.12ab 0.17ab 0.21ab
US White 0.33b 0.48b 0.62b 0.12b 0.17b 0.29b 0.02 0.04 0.09 0.12b 0.18b 0.24b 0.09b 0.13b 0.14b

Note: US = US-born; FB = foreign-born; IB = island-born.

a

indicates that the proportion differs from U.S.-born Whites (p<.05).

b

indicates that the proportion differs from foreign-born Mexicans (p<.05).