Neighborhood Context and Mortality Among Older Mexican Americans: Is There a Barrio Advantage?
Karl Eschbach, PhD,
Glenn V. Ostir, PhD,
Kushang V. Patel, MPH,
Kyriakos S. Markides, PhD and
James S. Goodwin, MD
Karl Eschbach, Glenn V. Ostir, and James S. Goodwin are with the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston. Kushang V. Patel and Kyriakos S. Markides are with the Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston.
FIGURE 1—Number of Mexican Americans aged 65 years and older and percentage of population Mexican American, by county, in 5 Southwestern states.Note. Circles represent the size, scaled by square root, of the Mexican American population aged 65 years and older, in each county. Shading represents the percentage of all county residents of all ages who are of Mexican origin. Source. US Bureau of the Census.24