A study of breast cancer survival was conducted among New Mexico Hispanic and non-Hispanic white women and New Mexico and Arizona American Indian women diagnosed between 1973 and 1992. The goals were to determine whether, after adjusting for first treatment and the extent of disease at diagnosis, American Indian and Hispanic women had poorer survival than non-Hispanic whites and, if survival ha...

INTRODUCTION We have recently reported that delayed cancer detection is associated with the Wellbeing Index (WI) for socioeconomic deprivation, lack of health insurance, physician shortage, and Hispanic ethnicity. The current study investigates whether these factors are determinants of cancer mortality in Texas, the United States of America (USA). METHODS Data for breast, colorectal, female g...

This paper examines the labor market outcomes of Hispanic male and female workers using Public Use Microdata Samples from the 1990 Census of Population. Multivariate regression analysis is applied to estimate wage equations, correcting for selectivity bias, for Hispanic main national-origin groups and non-Hispanic blacks and whites. A detailed breakdown of the wage differential between each His...

During 1999–2014, a general decline in homicide trends for non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic black, and Hispanic populations occurred, followed by a significant increase in the rates for all three groups between 2014 and 2015. In 2015, homicide rates were 5.7 deaths per 100,000 for the total population, 20.9 for non-Hispanic blacks, 4.9 for Hispanics, and 2.6 for non-Hispanic whites. During 1999...

OBJECTIVE Black and Hispanic individuals synthesize less vitamin D per unit of sun exposure than white individuals. The relationship between UV radiation and vitamin D insufficiency in minorities has not been well explored. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, we obtained serum vitamin D levels for non-Hispanic Whites, Hispanic...

BACKGROUND There are well-documented geographical differences in cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality for non-Hispanic whites. However, it remains unknown whether similar geographical variation in CVD mortality exists for Asian American subgroups. This study aims to examine geographical differences in CVD mortality among Asian American subgroups living in the United States and whether they ar...

OBJECTIVE To assess differences in insulin sensitivity and beta-cell function between nondiabetic premenopausal or early perimenopausal non-Hispanic white women and African American, Chinese American, Japanese American, and non-Mexican-American Latino women. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Homeostasis model assessments (HOMAs) of insulin sensitivity (HOMA%S) and beta-cell function (HOMA%beta) wer...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and left ventricular (LV) remodeling patterns within Hispanic subgroups compared with non-Hispanic whites in the MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis). BACKGROUND Hispanics are the largest and fastest-growing ethnic minority in the U.S., but there are no data on LVH and LV geometry ...

OBJECTIVE To compare diabetes care and outcomes among Haitians, African Americans, and non-Hispanic whites. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We analyzed data from 715 Haitian, 1,472 African American, and 466 non-Hispanic white adults with diabetes using χ² testing and multiple logistic regression. RESULTS Haitians had a higher mean A1C than African Americans (8.2 ± 1.9 vs. 7.7 ± 2.0%) and non-Hi...

This paper uses school-level data available from the Schools and Staffing Survey and the California Department of Education to assess the extent to which African Americans versus non-Hispanic whites attend schools with children with Limited English Proficiency (LEP). When examined at the national level, LEP students do not “crowd” the schools attended by most African American and non-Hispanic w...