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. 2017 Jun 1;57(5):1008. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnx090

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PMCID: PMC6790537  PMID: 28575192

Age of Migration Differentials in Life Expectancy With Cognitive Impairment: 20-Year Findings From the Hispanic-EPESE

Marc A. Garcia, PhD,1,* Joseph L. Saenz, PhD,2 Brian Downer, PhD,3 Chi-Tsun Chiu, PhD,4 Sunshine Rote, PhD,5 and Rebeca Wong, PhD6

1Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston. 2University of Southern California, Davis School of Gerontology, Los Angeles. 3Division of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston. 4Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. 5University of Louisville, Kent School of Social Work, Kentucky. 6Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, Sealy Center of Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston.

*Address correspondence to: Marc A. Garcia, PhD, Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Boulevard Galveston, TX 77555-0177. E-mail: marcagar@utmb.edu

In “Age of Migration Differentials in Life Expectancy with Cognitive Impairment: 20-Year Findings From the Hispanic-EPESE,” DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnx062, there were errors in Table 2. The correct table is below:

This has now been corrected in the original article.

Table 2.

Cognitive Impairment Among Mexican-Americans Age 65 and Older

Age Group: All FB 0–19 Age of migration subgroups
US-Born 20–49 50+
% % % % %
Panel A: females
 65–69 8.1 13.4*** 14.6* 11.5* 18.4***
 70–74 16.6 20.0** 16.7 15.1 38.1***
 75–79 21.9 32.3*** 27.0 30.3 40.8***
 80–84 28.9 39.5*** 37.9 33.5 53.3***
 85+ 49.6 55.1*** 53.7* 50.0 66.1***
Panel B: males
 65–69 9.0 18.8 18.6 13.0 35.1*
 70–74 15.8 29.0** 27.8 25.0 42.0**
 75–79 25.4 32.2* 28.5 31.5 37.8**
 80–84 30.7 38.3 44.9 31.6 51.0**
 85+ 55.7 47.2 49.5 36.8* 69.0**

Note: FB = Foreign-born refers to all age of migration subgroups. Proportions are weighted. The reference category is U.S.-born respondents. Source: H-EPESE Waves 1–8, 1993–2013.

*Significant at the 0.05 level. **Significant at the 0.01 level. ***Significance at the 0.001 level.


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