Rosenwaike I (Graduate School of Social Work, University of Pennsylvania, PA 19104, USA) and Shai D. Changes in mortality among Cubans in the United States following an episode of unscreened migration. International Journal of Epidemiology 1989, 18: 00-00.This paper discusses the effect of the Mariel migration, a massive boatlift from Cuba to the United States in 1980, on mortality among Cuban Americans. Estimates of the Cuban-born population in the US were made for 1979 and 1981, the years prior to and following the boatlift. A comparison of age-adjusted rates showed that while general mortality did not change greatly (an increase of only about 5%), there was a 151% increase in homicide mortality. The increase in the homicide rate among Cubans in metropolitan Miami (Dade County), the major area of concentration, was 109% it was still greater among Cubans elsewhere (240%). The demographic differences between the Mariel migrants who settled in Dade and those who were settled elsewhere are discussed. © 1989 International Epidemiological Association.

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