The blood of Latinos and the Tsimane aged more slowly than the blood of other groups. Why? Latinos' slower aging may result from their Native American ancestry, the study's main author, Steve Horvath of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, told the L.A. Times.
In particular, the scientists noticed that, after accounting for differences in cell composition, the blood of Latinos and the Tsimane aged more slowly than other groups. According to Horvath, the UCLA research points to an epigenetic explanation for Latinos' longer life spans.
Results: Findings indicated that non-Hispanic Blacks and Hispanics have accelerated aging, and non-Hispanic Whites have decelerated aging. Racial/ethnic differences were strongly tied to educational attainment. We also observed a significant difference by birthplace for Hispanics.
Researchers have suggested that factors such as diet, lower rates of smoking, and strong family and social support may give Hispanic people an edge.
30.7. The median age of the Hispanic population in 2022, up from 30.4 in 2021.
Statistically, U.S. Latinas can expect a long life. At 84 years, Latina life expectancy is second only to Asian American women (85.8 years) and it's tied with Asian American men.
One significant change is that Hispanic/Latino ethnicity will now be adopted as co-equal with race categories (such as white, Black, etc.) and no longer be asked as a separate ethnicity question. Respondents will still be allowed to mark as many categories as applies to them.
U.S. life expectancy at birth
On average, a person living in the U.S. can expect to live to 76.1 years. Asian people have the longest average life expectancy (83.5 years) and American Indian/Alaska Natives the shortest (65.2 years).
Overview. Cancer is the leading cause of death for Hispanic and Latino people in the United States.
Based on the Hispanic paradox, a term used to describe the finding that Hispanics in the U.S. have similar mortality rates to those of EAs in spite of worse disease profiles and lower SES, one would predict a lower mortality rate in older MAs compared to EAs.
Darker skin tones have a compact dermis in the deep layer of the skin, with more active cells and a stronger collagen network. Because of this, dark-skinned people typically do not start wrinkling until 10 to 20 years later.
The scientists analysed the genetic variation within the DNA of more than 3,000 Africans and found that the San were among the most genetically diverse group, indicating that they are probably the oldest continuous population of humans on the continent – and on Earth.
H. Harris, publishing in the British Journal of Dermatology in 1947, wrote Native Americans have the least body hair, Han Chinese people and black people have little body hair, white people have more body hair than black people and Ainu have the most body hair.
Among working Hispanic immigrants, at least half (55%) report experiencing discrimination in the workplace. Even among those who are citizens (45%), are English proficient (41%), and who have at least a college degree (52%), substantial shares say they experience mistreatment at work because they are an immigrant.
The Hispanic paradox is an epidemiological finding that Hispanic Americans tend to have health outcomes that "paradoxically" are comparable to, or in some cases better than, those of their U.S. non-Hispanic White counterparts, even though Hispanics have lower average income and education, higher rates of disability, as ...
Black and Hispanic girls experience puberty earlier than girls of other racial and ethnic backgrounds, putting them at higher risk of adverse health outcomes throughout their lives.
Almost 1 in 4 Hispanic people has high blood pressure, which can be a precursor for cardiovascular disease (heart attack, peripheral arterial disease, stroke), aortic aneurysms (dilated blood vessel, especially if smoking), chronic kidney disease and/or heart failure. Chronic kidney disease.
OMB defines "Hispanic or Latino" as a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race.
For example, Mexico's white only population is 9% to 17%, while Mexico is majoritarily mestizo, meaning that they have mixed European and Native American ancestry, while 52.8% of Mexican Americans are white, or identify themselves as white in the Census (See the table).
Whites are usually taken as the standard against which other groups are compared, but they are not necessarily in the best health. Hispanics appear to be healthier than whites on a number of measures, though not all. Asians are generally in better health than any other group (Hummer et al., 2004).
Divorce rates by race
These are the statistics for divorce from first-time marriages by race in 2021: Black men and women had the highest divorce rates: 22.6 and 24.5, respectively. Hispanic men and women had the second highest divorce rates: 11.4 and 14.9, respectively.
Asian hair and Caucasian hair handle stress and fatigue well. Asian hair has the highest hardness and elasticity. It is resistant to stretching and can withstand a traction force of 60 to 65 grams.
Jamaica, an English-speaking nation, isn't always included as being part of Latin America either, and Jamaicans do not tend to identify as Latino. The Bahamas, Curaçao, and Dominica are also places that are occasionally lumped into Latin America but are not Latino or Hispanic.
Ocampo, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Cal Poly Pomona, focuses on Filipino Americans to show that what “color” you are depends largely on your social context. Filipino Americans are officially classified as Asian, but share many cultural characteristics with Latinos.
Recent DNA sample studies have concluded that the three largest components of the Puerto Rican genetic profile are in fact indigenous Taino, European, and African with an estimated 62 per cent of the population having a indigenous female ancestor. Afro-Puerto Ricans constitute the largest minority group.