Immigration and Longevity in the United States - Irma Elo, University of Pennsylvania

Immigration and Longevity in the United States 

In 1960, the foreign-born population made up about 5% of the US population. By 2015, this number had increased to over 40 million and the foreign-born made up about 13% of the US population. As a result, the health and mortality of the foreign-born carry an increasing weight in estimates of health and mortality at the national, regional and local levels and among the racial/ethnic population subgroups. Irma Elo reviews evidence of the mortality levels of the foreign born, with examples of their contribution to health and mortality in the United States. This talk is Co-Sponsored by the Center for Biobehavioral Health Disparities Research (CBHDR).