<\/b><\/p>\n
<\/b><\/p>\n
WEDNESDAY, July 24, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Age-adjusted death rates decreased for Hispanic adults from 2000 through 2017, while for non-Hispanic white and non-Hispanic black adults, the rates have remained stable since 2011-2012, according to a July data brief published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics.<\/p>\n
Sally C. Curtin and Elizabeth Arias, Ph.D., from the National Center for Health Statistics in Hyattsville, Maryland, describe trends in age-adjusted death rates from 2000 through 2017 for Hispanic, non-Hispanic white, and non-Hispanic black adults aged 25 years and older.<\/p>\n
The researchers found that from 2000 through 2017, there was a 21 percent decrease in the age-adjusted death rate for Hispanic adults aged 25 years and older (from 995.1 to 784.4 per 100,000 standard population). For non-Hispanic white and non-Hispanic black adults aged 25 years and older, age-adjusted death rates declined from 2000 to 2011-2012 and then remained stable through 2017. The difference in age-adjusted death rates between non-Hispanic whites and Hispanic adults aged 25 years and older widened between 2000 and 2017, while there was a narrowing in the difference between non-Hispanic white and non-Hispanic black adults. Between 2012 and 2017, there was an increase in death rates for non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic black, and Hispanic adults aged 25 to 44 years.<\/p>\n
“The mortality advantage for Hispanic adults has endured through 2017 and has been increasing with respect to non-Hispanic white adults,” the authors write.<\/p>\n