This paper analyzes nationwide and regional mortality rates for violent causes of death among persons born in Mexico, Puerto Rico and Cuba, living in the continental United States. The Mexican-born had the highest death rates from accidents, the Puerto Rican-born from homicide and the Cuban-born from suicide. In each case of excess mortality in an Hispanic nativity group, the death rates for men by cause were higher than the comparative rates for white and blacks both nationally and regionally. Mortality rates for their major cause of violent death were highest for the Puerto Rican-born and Cuban-born men in their areas of concentration. Mexican-born men had higher accident death rates outside their areas of concentration. Contributing factors to violent causes of death include the interaction of socioeconomic, behavioral, cultural and psychological factors. © 1988.

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Short Survey Puerto Rico Puerto Ricans Migrants Mexicans human epidemiology middle aged violence economic aspect ethnic group Aged death Cuba USA Mexico Hispanic Americans Cross-Sectional Studies Accidents United States income Humans homicide male female Risk Factors accident fatality Cubans adult migration legal aspect age ethnic or racial aspects mortality Suicide